. Revolution in Los Angeles (1911). e side of the poster was the red flag and on the other thestars and stripes. Between the flags the question: Under whichflag? The papers had prepared the minds of the gullible for this spec-tacular stunt. The average American becomes feeble-minded for afew weeks around election time and this kind of thing disturbs hisequilibrium. We accepted the challenge and stood by the red flag. We told thepublic, however, that to us it meant universal brotherhood, while thestars and stripes had been used to cover up the plunderbund and itsfoul dealing! The Times went a l
. Revolution in Los Angeles (1911). e side of the poster was the red flag and on the other thestars and stripes. Between the flags the question: Under whichflag? The papers had prepared the minds of the gullible for this spec-tacular stunt. The average American becomes feeble-minded for afew weeks around election time and this kind of thing disturbs hisequilibrium. We accepted the challenge and stood by the red flag. We told thepublic, however, that to us it meant universal brotherhood, while thestars and stripes had been used to cover up the plunderbund and itsfoul dealing! The Times went a little farther than mere opposition. It sug-gested some improvements on the Burns system. A THREAT OF MURDER And soon—it has begun to happen already—the plain citizen ofevery country will form a combine. Its object will be the suppressionof sedition and anarchy in the persons of the professional agitators. 54 What the RedFlaqof Revolt jffas Always Meant. Law Ahuhng Vnanuts! Rtmtmber Outages Exficritace With It in Do We Actually Want This in Los Angeles? A SAMPLE CARTOON FROM THE TIMES 55 Theirs will be a big, powerful, effective, but very unostentatious re-volt. It will work quickly, surely, silently. The first thing the PlainCitizen Combine will accomplish is the QUIET REMOVAL of thesegentlemen. They wont be blown up; they will just QUIETLY DIS-APPEAR from human ken. There will be a little inquiry at first, butit will die down ever so quickly, for of all people in the world the pro-fessional agitator depends entirely upon his presence and his glibtongue to maintain any sort of interest or influence in his impassioned rhetoric is his only asset. The idea of the Plain Citizen Combine is not being mouthedabroad and it is not seeking members or subscriptions. But it isgrowing rapidly, nevertheless, and it is a very real and tangible the itch removed, the great disease of unrest will soon be cured,and the world will settle down for anoth
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