“To have peace and not war, the drift toward a war economy, as facilitated by the moves and the demands of the sophisticated conservatives, must be stopped; to have peace without slump, the tactics and policies of the practical right must be overcome. The political and economic power of both must be broken. The power of these giants of main drift is both economically and politically anchored; both unions and an independent labor party are needed to struggle effective.” WarMovingPoliticalPartyStruggleEconomyEconomicPolicyBrokenNeededDemandLaborOvercomingIndependentUnionsPracticalsGiantsSophisticatedTacticsEconomic PowerSlumps Author:C. Wright Mills
“I had never before seen my friends come in beaten, their heads laid open, their noses broken, or seen them jailed for peaceably demonstrating that they wanted work. I had only known how workers lived. Now I was face to face with what our society did to workers who could get no work.” WantedFacesKnownBrokenMy FriendsLaborWorkersNosesOur SocietyBeatenUnemploymentFace To FaceDemonstratingLabor Movement Author:Mary Heaton Vorse
“... no one knows anything about a strike until he has seen it break down into its component parts of human beings.” KnowsHumansHuman BeingsBreakBrokenLaborStrikesBreaking DownComponentsLabor Movement Author:Mary Heaton Vorse
“The very longing for contentment that ought to drive us to simplicity of life and labors of love contents itself instead with the broken cisterns of prosperity and comfort.” BrokenOughtComfortLaborLongingSimplicityProsperityContentmentLabor Of Love Book:Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist Source: Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
“If you have made covenants, keep them. If you haven’t made them, make them. If you have made them and broken them, repent and repair them. It is never too late so long as the Master of the vineyard says there is time. Please listen to the prompting of the Holy Spirit telling you right now, this very moment, that you should accept the atoning gift of the Lord Jesus Christ and enjoy the fellowship of His labor. Don’t delay. It’s getting late.” IfsShouldLongMadeMomentsSpiritJesusEnjoyChristAcceptingLordHavensMastersBrokenHolyPleaseRight NowLateJesus ChristLaborHoly SpiritToo LateDelayRepentFellowshipCovenantLord Jesus ChristNever Too LateVineyards Author:Jeffrey R. Holland