Post by Stallit 2 de Halfo on Sept 19, 2007 21:48:40 GMT
An interesting, what I would call a "play", written by a socialist from Waterford. It would be nice to see it "acted out" by a drama society or something. Iv seen less worthy "scripts" being performed.
Wiki entry for John Wheatley:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wheatley
How the Workers are Robbed
Who produces the wealth and who gains most from its production? In a pamphlet written 97 years ago, John Wheatley described an imaginary court case, with a coalmaster, a landowner and several others being charged with “having conspired together and robbed an old miner, Dick McGonnagle.”
The pamphlet, How the Miners Are Robbed, had considerable impact before the First World War. Its basic class analysis remains valid for workers today as they are still being robbed.
www.marxist.com/Economy/how_workers_are_robbed.htm
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This is factory life as portrayed by George Cruickshank in 1832, in the equivalent of today’s tabloid journalism. Child workers were often shown in etchings – not photographs – clearing out waste cotton while the Spinning Mule was in operation.
However, it’s a ‘myth’, says Josselin Hill, curatorial director of Quarry Bank Mill near Wilmslow, that many children were seriously injured. Children may have been employed for their nimbleness and their tiny fingers, but in fact, the Mule was stopped for the children to clean it. Admittedly, the mule spinner was paid by the number of ‘draws’, and didn’t want to wait too long. They would shout ‘Get out!’, and the child would have to scramble.
In 1865 13-year-old John Foden died at Quarry Bank when his head was caught between the roller beam and the carriage.
Wiki entry for John Wheatley:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wheatley
How the Workers are Robbed
Who produces the wealth and who gains most from its production? In a pamphlet written 97 years ago, John Wheatley described an imaginary court case, with a coalmaster, a landowner and several others being charged with “having conspired together and robbed an old miner, Dick McGonnagle.”
The pamphlet, How the Miners Are Robbed, had considerable impact before the First World War. Its basic class analysis remains valid for workers today as they are still being robbed.
www.marxist.com/Economy/how_workers_are_robbed.htm
Ends with....
This is factory life as portrayed by George Cruickshank in 1832, in the equivalent of today’s tabloid journalism. Child workers were often shown in etchings – not photographs – clearing out waste cotton while the Spinning Mule was in operation.
However, it’s a ‘myth’, says Josselin Hill, curatorial director of Quarry Bank Mill near Wilmslow, that many children were seriously injured. Children may have been employed for their nimbleness and their tiny fingers, but in fact, the Mule was stopped for the children to clean it. Admittedly, the mule spinner was paid by the number of ‘draws’, and didn’t want to wait too long. They would shout ‘Get out!’, and the child would have to scramble.
In 1865 13-year-old John Foden died at Quarry Bank when his head was caught between the roller beam and the carriage.