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Class Warrior

The Selected Works of E. T. Kingsley

by (author) Eugene Thornton Kingsley

edited by Benjamin Isitt & Ravi Malhotra

Publisher
Athabasca University Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2022
Category
Communism & Socialism, Essays, People with Disabilities, Labor & Industrial Relations
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    ISBN
    9781771993715
    Publish Date
    Oct 2022
    List Price
    $34.99

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In October 1890, Eugene T. Kingsley’s life changed irrevocably when he was injured in a fall between two rail cars while working as a brakeman on the Northern Pacific Railway. Following the amputation of both his legs, Kingsley became radicalized and joined the Socialist Labor Party in San Francisco. His activism eventually brought him to Vancouver, B.C. where he founded the Socialist Party of Canada. A self-described “uncompromising enemy of class rule and class robbery,” Kingsley wrote prolifically on the exploitation of wage slaves by the capitalist class. Also known as a passionate orator, he went on to become one of the most prominent socialist intellectuals of his day. Class Warrior is a collection of Kingsley’s writing and speeches that underscores his tremendous impact on Canadian political discourse.

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E. T. (Eugene Thornton) Kingsley was founder and leader of the Socialist Party of Canada (SPC) from 1904 to 1925.

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Benjamin Isitt is a historian and legal scholar specializing in the political and legal history of British Columbia’s working class, with previous works including From Victoria to Vladivostok (UBC Press, 2010) and Able to Lead (UBC Press, 2021). He also serves as a city councillor and regional director in Victoria, BC.

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Ravi Malhotra is a professor in the faculty of law at the University of Ottawa.

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Excerpt: Class Warrior: The Selected Works of E. T. Kingsley (by (author) Eugene Thornton Kingsley; edited by Benjamin Isitt & Ravi Malhotra)

We hear much in these days of the right to live. At this very moment the great working class of the world do not possess that right. They only have the privilege; and this because they have no command over the means of life. The things the workers have to use in order to feed, clothe and shelter themselves, are the instruments used to dispossess that working class.
  —E. T. Kingsley

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