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I will give another general example. I WILL GIVE ANOTHER GENERAL EXAMPLE
 lock-out which coincided with the outbreak of the War. _I did not find a single one who knew that it was a lock-out at all!_ The few who did at least know the difference between a strike and a lock-out, _all_ thought it was a strike! Let no one say that the disgusting falsehoods spread by the Press in this respect were of no effect The men themselves gave in, and their perfectly just demands were defeated, mainly because middle-class opinion _and a great deal of proletarian opinion as well_ had been led to believe that the builders' cessation of labour was a _strike_ due to their own initiative against existing conditions, and thought the operation of such an initiative immoral in time of war. They did not know the plain truth that the provocation was the masters', and that the men were turned out of employment, that is deprived of access to the Capitalist stores of food and all other necessaries, wantonly and avariciously by the masters. The Press would not print that enormous truth.  CLASSES ABOUT THE GREAT BUILDING LOCO WHICH COINCIDED WITH THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR I DID NOT FIND A SINGLE ONE WHO KNEW THAT IT WAS A LACKOUT AT ALL THE FEW WHO DID AT LEAST KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A STRIKE AND A LACKOUT ALL THOUGHT IT WAS A STRIKE LET NO ONE SAY THAT THE DISGUSTING FALSEHOODS SPREAD BY THE PRESS IN THIS RESPECT WERE OF NO EFFECT THE MEN THEMSELVES GAVE IN AND THEIR PERFECTLY JUST DEMANDS WERE DEFEATED MAINLY BECAUSE MIDDLE CLASS OPINION AND A GREAT DEAL OF PROLETARIAN OPINION AS WELL HAD BEEN LED TO BELIEVE THAT THE BUILDER'S CESSATION OF LABOR WAS A STRIKE DUE TO THEIR OWN INITIATIVE AGAINST EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THOUGHT THE OPERATION OF SUCH AN INITIATIVE IMMORAL IN TIME OF WAR THEY DID NOT KNOW THE PLAIN TRUTH THAT THE PROVOCATION WAS THE MASTER'S AND THAT MEN WERE TURNED OUT OF EMPLOYMENT THAT IS DEPRIVED OF ACCESS TO THE CAPITALIST STORES OF FOOD AND ALL OTHER NECESSITIES WANTONLY AND AVARICIOUSLY BY THE MASTERS THE PRESS WOULD NOT PRINT THE ENORMOUS TRUTH
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