Some speakers have a gift of saying a lot in a few words; others are just the reverse. Street propagandists might emulate a rebel who went through Auckland recently. He hadn’t done much soap-box work, but was a trier. He had a penchant for lurid language, and spoke in staccato sentences. Mounting the “ soap box” for the first time he put the case inside three minutes. He said: “ Fel-
low-workers, this is the I.W.W. It’s no use sending men to Parliament. You’re exploited at the point of p rod notion—th a t’s wh ere you should bl . . . y-well organise. I 11 now call on the next speaker.” —The Irresponsible.
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Industrial Unionist, Volume 1, Issue 4, 1 May 1913, Page 4
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