 | John Peter Altgeld (December 30, 1847 - March 12, 1902) on Courts and Capitalism(published by RevoltSource) |
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American Politician, 20th Governor of Illinois, Leading Figure of the Progressive Movement
: American politician and the 20th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1893 until 1897. He was the first Democrat to govern that state since the 1850s. A leading figure of the Progressive movement, Altgeld signed workplace safety and child labor laws, pardoned three of the men convicted in the Haymarket Affair, and rejected calls in 1894 to break up the Pullman strike by force. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Quote #1 on Political Struggle Quotes >> Courts and Capitalism
“...the laboring people found the prisons always open to receive them, but the courts of justice were practically closed to them; that the prosecuting officers vied with each other in hunting them down, but were deaf to their appeals...”
Source: "Mayday and Anarchism: Remembrance and Resistance From Haymarket to Now," Edited by Anna Key, first published by the Kate Sharpley Library, 2004, Anarchist Series #4. Section 6: Extracts from Altgeld's Reasons for Pardoning the Haymarket Anarchists, Page 12.
"Mayday and Anarchism: Remembrance and Resistance From Haymarket to Now," Edited by Anna Key, first published by the Kate Sharpley Library, 2004, Anarchist Series #4.
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