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Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can

Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent. – James Connolly

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The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave. – James Connolly

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