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To The Working People

Leo Tolstoy

Translator Leo Wiener

Publisher: Good Press

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To the Working People is a short, communist pamphlet in support of the working class denouncing capitalism and wealth inequality. Excerpt: "If a revolution is to be started, while the land remains private property, then, of course, it is not worthwhile to start it…
Available since: 04/10/2021.
Print length: 32 pages.

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