Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent. (James Connolly)

Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent.

James Connolly

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