The International Socialist Review

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Cover of the International Socialist Review from the month of February, 1917

The artwork on the cover portrays a farmer with a logging tool working in his field, gazing out over the horizon. The artistry gives the viewer a sense of the solidarity and pride that Socialist party individuals had for their labor.

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"Four yards of dirt gained, twelve thousand young men killed."

These words, expressed in a political cartoon found within the International Socialist Review, embody the anti-war philosophy that most Socialists of the time shared. The haunting drawing of a battlefield littered with bodies is meant to stir interest and reaction from the public toward the concept of armed conflict.

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Diagram from International Socialist Review August 1909

This flowchart found within the August 1909 issue of the International Socialist Review displays the various benefits of Socialism, especially when compared with Capitalism. The diagram was intended to solidify Socialist belief, but at the same time draw new people into the party.

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Quote from "The Rebel at Large"

This quote from "The Rebel at Large" in the August 1909 edition of the International Socialist Review details the great feelings of oppression that many Socialists held toward an overbearing Capitalist system.

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Class system cartoon from International Socialist Review August 1909

This cartoon from the August 1909 edition of the International Socialist Review attempts to explain the differences between financial classes and how Capitalism divides society into the "elite" and the "mundane."

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Quote from "The Right to Be Lazy and Other Studies"

This quote from "The Right to Be Lazy and Other Studies" found in the August 1909 edition of the International Socialist Review attempts to persuade the reader of the ills of a Capitalist system, justifying Socialist though at the same time.

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"Workers of the World Unite"

A popular emblem among those in the Socialist party, and especially among laborers who believed in organized unions versus the concept of an "open shop" which did not provide any benefits or protection to employees.

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