U.S. At War: The Revolutionary Mind

Henry Weber is a onetime Northwest logger, foreman in a Vancouver shipyard and, by his own account, a man "with a revolutionary mind." He belongs to the elderly, radical and minuscule Socialist Labor Party, which is against capitalism in any form. Holding that wars are fought to maintain capitalism, Socialist Laborites are against war.

Weber, married and the father of a three-year-old son, made his views clear to his draft board. He agreed that he was not a conscientious objector, since he did not oppose war on religious grounds. He would gladly take a...

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