Clara Zetkin Quotes on work

The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything that is dear to them... view

By: Clara Zetkin

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Each reform, therefore, improving the economical and political situation of the workers proves to be an arm that increases the energy with which the proletarian struggle of classes is fought... view

By: Clara Zetkin

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For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the chains labour is burdened with by capitalism, but they are not sufficient to crush capitalism and to emancipate the workers from their tyranny... view

By: Clara Zetkin

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In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the start because of the attitude of those women workers who are not organized... view

By: Clara Zetkin

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The capitalists speculate on the two following factors: the female worker must be paid as poorly as possible and the competition of female labour must be employed to lower the wages of male workers as much as possible... view

By: Clara Zetkin

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These interests of the workers, as the exploited and oppressed, class of society, are the same in all countries... view

By: Clara Zetkin

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What practical conclusions may we now draw for our propaganda work among women? The task of this Party Congress must not be to issue detailed practical suggestions, but to draw up general directions for the proletarian women's movement... view

By: Clara Zetkin

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