Bolshevism - The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy by John Spargo
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_I. Measures to counteract the ignorance and legal oppression of the Russian people_: (1) Personal freedom and inviolability, freedom of speech and the press, freedom of assemblage, freedom in religious affairs; (2) General and compulsory public education at the expense of the state; (3) Responsibility of the Ministers to the people, and guaranties of lawfulness in administration; (4) Equality before the law for all without exemption; (5) Immediate rehabilitation of those punished for their convictions. (6) Separation of the Church from the state. _II. Measures against the poverty of the people_: (1) Abolition of indirect taxes and introduction of direct income taxes on a progressive scale; (2) Abolition of the redemption payments, cheap credit, and gradual transferring of the land to the people; (3) The orders for the naval and military Ministers should be filled in Russia and not abroad; |
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