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During the 1920’s the issue of class and wealth was a major social injustice issue that was displayed in cartoons. Examples are shown below with articles explaining the cartoons. | |||
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As in the cartoon "The Blind Man's Share" we see in this cartoon the nature of the capitalist exploitation of the working class under the system of wage slavery. The cartoon shows a capitalist handing a worker his weekly wages which are but a tiny portion of the total wealth created by his labor power. The message is quite clear: the working class must organize and claim the full product of its toil. | As in the cartoon "The Blind Man's Share" we see in this cartoon the nature of the capitalist exploitation of the working class under the system of wage slavery. The cartoon shows a capitalist handing a worker his weekly wages which are but a tiny portion of the total wealth created by his labor power. The message is quite clear: the working class must organize and claim the full product of its toil. | ||
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'''''"The Blind Man's Share" by "Dust" Wallin''', Industrial Pioneer, August 1921.'' | '''''"The Blind Man's Share" by "Dust" Wallin''', Industrial Pioneer, August 1921.'' | ||
In this cartoon, Labor, blinded by the ignorance of its collective power, pumps out enormous profits for industrial capitalists while receiving a "blind man's share" in the form of wages, which represent only a small fraction of the wealth produced by their labor. | In this cartoon, Labor, blinded by the ignorance of its collective power, pumps out enormous profits for industrial capitalists while receiving a "blind man's share" in the form of wages, which represent only a small fraction of the wealth produced by their labor. | ||
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During the 1920’s the issue of class and wealth was a major social injustice issue that was displayed in cartoons. Examples are shown below with articles explaining the cartoons.
Organize and Take the Big Bag by Jon Lynch, Industrial Pioneer, June 1925.
As in the cartoon "The Blind Man's Share" we see in this cartoon the nature of the capitalist exploitation of the working class under the system of wage slavery. The cartoon shows a capitalist handing a worker his weekly wages which are but a tiny portion of the total wealth created by his labor power. The message is quite clear: the working class must organize and claim the full product of its toil.
"The Blind Man's Share" by "Dust" Wallin, Industrial Pioneer, August 1921.
In this cartoon, Labor, blinded by the ignorance of its collective power, pumps out enormous profits for industrial capitalists while receiving a "blind man's share" in the form of wages, which represent only a small fraction of the wealth produced by their labor.
