We have tried you good people of the public and we have found you wanting.

Every year thousands of us are maimed. The life of men and women is so cheap and property is so sacred.

But every time the workers come out to protest against conditions which are unbearable, the strong hand of the law is allowed to press down heavily upon us. The strong hand of the law beats us back into the conditions that make life unbearable.

I can't talk fellowship to you who are gathered here. Too much blood has been spilled. I know from my experience it is up to the working people to save themselves. The only way they can save themselves is by a strong working-class movement.

Rose Schneiderman, April 1911, protest rally for 146 women killed in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.


haggadah Section: -- Ten Plagues