John Maclean (August 24, 1879 - November 30, 1923) on Class Warfare and Exclusion(published by RevoltSource) |
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Marxist Lecturer, Organiser, Scottish Schoolteacher, Revolutionary Socialist of the Red Clydeside Era, Notable for his Outspoken Opposition to the First World War, Arrested and Fired under the Defence of the Realm Act and Loss of his Teaching Post
: John Maclean, the second youngest of seven children, was born in Pollockshaws, Glasgow in 1879. John did well at school and although his widowed mother was extremely poor, she was determined that he would have a good education. In 1896 he became a pupil-teacher and later entered the Free Church Teacher Training College. (From: Spartacus-Educational.com.)
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“...we explain the meaning of the opposition as one of Capital versus Labor, in which the capitalists, with their huge capital already invested in production and transit, and deriving therefrom a surplus-value far in excess of the wages earned by the workers, have every possible advantage when it comes to a real, deadly struggle...”
Source: "Co-operation and Trusts," by John Maclean, The British Socialist, Vol. 1, No. 4 April 1912, p.156-162.
"Co-operation and Trusts," by John Maclean, The British Socialist, Vol. 1, No. 4 April 1912, p.156-162.
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