Upstate NY IWW<p>‘Patriotism: A Bloody Monster’ by Caroline Nelson in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndustrialWorker" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndustrialWorker</span></a>, 28 March 1912.</p><p>“The papers for weeks had been lashing their minds into a fury of excitement, which for want of better name was called patriotism. </p><p>“But perhaps patriotism, which originally meant a protector of the patriarch, the patrician or the lord, is as good a name as any; for it practically means the same today. Patriotism is inseparable from guns, swords and murder machines in general, because all our laws rest upon those “benevolent” tools. That is why they’re so sacred to our ruling classes. ... That is why the workers’ boys consider it an honor to parade in a uniform with a knife stuck at the end of a gun. That is why they don’t hesitate to join the army and the militia, never realizing that any moment they may be called upon to stick that knife in the heart of their own father and brother.”</p><p><a href="https://mgouldhawke.wordpress.com/2024/03/05/patriotism-a-bloody-monster-caroline-nelson-1912/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mgouldhawke.wordpress.com/2024</span><span class="invisible">/03/05/patriotism-a-bloody-monster-caroline-nelson-1912/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/iww" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>iww</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Patriot" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Patriot</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nationalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>imperialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wariscapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wariscapitalism</span></a></p>