University of Houston Digital Library: Socialist and Communist Pamphlets: The road to power, or, the constructive elements of socialism

0 items

Keyword

Search Mode Search Query in Search Field Search Operator

Collection

Search Collection

Date

Search Date Range Date Range 1 to Date Range 2

The road to power, or, the constructive elements of socialism

Image 29

Image 1
Image 2
Image 3
Image 4
Image 5
Image 6
Image 7
Image 8
Image 9
Image 10
Image 11
Image 12
Image 13
Image 14
Image 15
Image 16
Image 17
Image 18
Image 19
Image 20
Image 21
Image 22
Image 23
Image 24
Image 25
Image 26
Image 27
Image 28
Image 29
Image 30
Image 31
Image 32
Image 33
Image 34
Image 35
Image 36
Image 37
Image 38
Image 39
Image 40

◀ Previous Item Next Item ▶

Citation

MLA

APA

Chicago/Turabian

Dannenberg, Karl. The road to power, or, the constructive elements of socialism - Image 29. 1919. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. April 21, 2021. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp/item/1375/show/1363.

Disclaimer: This is a general citation for reference purposes. Please consult the most recent edition of your style manual for the proper formatting of the type of source you are citing. If the date given in the citation does not match the date on the digital item, use the more accurate date below the digital item.

Email To: Send

Dannenberg, Karl. (1919). The road to power, or, the constructive elements of socialism - Image 29. Socialist and Communist Pamphlets. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. Retrieved from https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp/item/1375/show/1363

Email To: Send

Dannenberg, Karl, The road to power, or, the constructive elements of socialism - Image 29, 1919, Socialist and Communist Pamphlets, Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries, accessed April 21, 2021, https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp/item/1375/show/1363.

Email To: Send

Cite Embed </> Print Item Save to Folder Request High-Resolution Image

▼

Compound Item Description

Title	The road to power, or, the constructive elements of socialism
Creator (LCNAF)	Dannenberg, Karl
Publisher	Literature Bureau of the Workers' International Industrial Union
Place of Creation (TGN)	Detroit, Michigan
Date	1919
Subject.Topical (LCSH)	Socialism Labor unions
Genre (AAT)	pamphlets
Language	English
Type (DCMI)	Text
Original Item Extent	33 pages: chart; 17 cm.
Original Item Location	HX86.D25 1919
Original Item URL	http://library.uh.edu/record=b8304529~S11
Original Collection	Socialist and Communist Pamphlets
Digital Collection	Socialist and Communist Pamphlets
Digital Collection URL	http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp
Repository	Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Repository URL	http://libraries.uh.edu/branches/special-collections
Use and Reproduction	This item is in the public domain and may be used freely.
File Name	index.cpd

▼

Item Description

Title	Image 29
Format (IMT)	image/jpeg
File Name	uhlib_12374394_028.jpg
Transcript	CONSTRUCTIVE ELEMENTS OF SOCIALISM 27 of the workers must and will amalgamate into compact Industrial Unions. This is a dictate flowing from social development, and the instinct of self- preservation slumbering in all .human beings will see to it that it is recognized and executed. In the period of, relatively considered, small production, when the craft psychology and craft interests still dominated the capitalists; when every productive function was performed independent of the other; in the good old times, when every capitalist manufactured a distinct product, and such colossal manifestations as a steel trust, food trust, transportation trust or an oligarchy of high finance were still unknown, the craft organization was in place; but now, in the period of a slowly developing international Capitalism, with an oligarchy of finance preparing to dominate the globe, craft organization on the part of the workers is not only inefficient, but also an abnormality—a remnant of a past phase in evolution. To what extent the craft psychology still dominates the labor movement today, we can ascertain when contemplating upon the following: Productivity in present society can be divided into six large industries, or, in the sense of Industrial Unionism, classified into the following six departments. 1. The Department of Agriculture, Land, Fisheries and Water Products. 2. The Department of Mining. 3. The Department of Transportation and Communication. 4. The Department of Manufacture and General Production. 5. The Department of Construction. 6. The Department of Public Service. These six divisions or departments, grouped together or organized into one great unit, form the basis of our whole economic life. Therefore, six