Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-10
COPIES OF MANIFESTO
SENT OUT BY REDS
Acknowledgement Palmer Shows General Public That
Objective of Anarchists Is to Overthrow
the Government
OF consumpsson. and MAKE the working

wealth.
le&siy destroy ali remains OF govern t,srT'
'nencai authority and class domination
n mnsca.;"S nc prisoners. d;e:nolishi"G
leS2i parrrs pertaining to private OWE
crsa!n OF property: all field fences and
nenHdarics and burn all certificates .:
ficc btedneSS-iE word We !nuSi take
car" t!lht everything is wiped from the
earth thaT IS a reminder or the right
olow Up barracks. gendarnie Aod police
acH;!nistrations. shoot the nios, prom
;nent military and police officers; must
voting working people.
Must lie Mcrciiess.
In the. work OF destruction we mas;
be inerc!!eSs. for the slightcst weak =,
cost the working class whole sea OF
ccdlcss blood
In completely destroying all YES:
state. we must Try as soon as possible
70 start production upon new founda- :
IONS nv; Is: extend ne s Ms. , labor
production Owe: to them. Every city
SHOULD bcsin the work separately and
proclaim :, commune: tina; is. the un ION
OF all free labor organization will be-
come masters OF the city.
We Nil! not summon the working
class TO social revolution III order
TO strengthen IN them respect for
private ownership OF property created
by their, hloedy toll: on that, that Gagy
street We Will say 10 them. see ho"
all productive and commercial lie is
still. how dark and dismal stands the
s.lsn; mills. manufacturers. workshops
and warehouses from that minute when
we stop work.
WHO created all this wealth; II not
the workers? To whom should il be-
long. II not 70 you; the proietsFist%
The law. Take everything you need.
Feed all the hungry. Throw away
y9H5 d5sy 6 ssIses and move Into e H
Whosoever shall hinde. you. remove
hun firm your path as foe of your
:. :, ,,su, they still sa3 70 US: II is pos pos,
6 formidable forge as that Of present
general strike is the hes; means OF
weakenins and destroying that force.
points ard fully maintains a strict dis
c!pline. But what vii! become OF the
army When II ha: 70 , be sca, , al!
Q: discipline when the soldier is con-
N.nced that he. has 10 do. not with
!::t!c bunch Of internal enemies but
Does not the heart OF the worker
~ uniform quake before the grand
there MOI. awaken IN him a traternal
feeling OF the solidarity az all toilers.
Of all the oppressed? In that hour the
army vii! a. once stand poweriess in
the face OF the rebeil!ous toilers, and
government, VIII crumble away TO the
eAui,ing shouts o. liberated human
:;y.
Formulating Tactics.
We may. therefore. formulate our
tactics thus: by participating in the
struggle OF the working class. guiding
IL. and by uninterrup;cdly widening
and deepening that struggle. kindlc
and maintain the conilagration of civil
WAY until we have torn up by the roots
capitalism and government.
We hate religion because it lulls
the Spirit with lying tales, takes away
courage and faith in the power of man,
faith IN the triumph OF justice mere OH
the real earth and not in chimerIcal
heaven. Religion covers everything
with fog; real evil becomes visionary.
aud visionary good u reality. il has
always sancthed slavery. grief and
tears. and we declare war upon all
GODS and religious fables. We are
atheists.
We hate authority. that eternal
prcservcr Of slavery and foe OF free
dom We are anarchists"