e capitalistic prisons is released."
"The One Big Union Monthly," March 1, 1919, page 22, declares:
"Socialism rears new institutions. It weaves a new fabric for our
social life. In Russia it is the Soviets; in America it is the One
Big Union. This fabric is proletarian only. Within its limits the
Socialist Revolutionist halts. This new organism--this One Big
Union--may, or may not seek Democracy. Democracy is merely a method
of governing. If that method leads to Socialist goals it will be
followed. Otherwise, we will seek further for our avenue. But the
great end is proletarianism. It is the social ownership of the
means of production. It is the creation of a society where all
classes will be melted into one, and where the class war will
soften into an all-race proletarianism."
Another I. W. W. publication, "The Evolution of Industrial Democracy,"
page 40, speaking of government after the "Wobblies" get into power,
goes still further:
"Government, as now understood will disappear--there being no
servile class to be held in subjection--but in its place will be an
administration of affairs."
Relative to property rights in the future, "The Evolution of Industrial
Democracy," page 39, informs us:
"Rights of inheritance would disappear with the right to hold
private property in the lands, tools and machinery of production.
Any accumulation by the individual that might be used for
exploitation would pass to the collectivity at the death of the
holder. Society would be the heir of the individual and, vice
versa, the individuals would be the heirs of society. The right to
freely function at the machines and enjoy the social value of his
toil would guarantee the worker a full competence."
As regards compensation for work in accordance with the I. W. W. plan,
we are told on page 39:
"Compensation in the industries would necessarily be upon the basis
of the 'man-day'--the average production of an average man in an
average day when working under average conditions--and in those
industries not of an actual productive nature, such as 'public
service,' etc., the man-day must prevail there also (being based
upon the average production of all the industries served) for the
reason that no man could be induced to serve for less than that
average--to do so being to confess h
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