Quote#Freedom
The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is…
Quote byJames Connolly · 1868–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: in P. Beresford Ellis (ed.), James Connolly - Selected Writings, p. 191..
English (original)
The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave.
— James Connolly
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