"A... Nazi paper, the Arbeitsmann, official organ of the " Labour Service," had a circulation of only 65,000 copies up to the spring of 1936. This did not leave enough profit for the officials... or for the Nazi treasury. Therefore, a "campaign" was launched... regular subscribers rapidly rose to 240,000. The Labour Service workers were compelled to subscribe... under threats of punishment, curtailment of home leave, punishment drill... Many were not permitted to go to their homes for the Whitsun holidays until they had signed... This is a taste of Nazi tactics. ...[T]hat is what the workers get if they allow the fascists to get into the saddle."
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Fascism—Fight it Now
Fascism—Fight it Now (January, 1937) with a forward by , General Secretary, (NUR) and J. C. Little, President, Almagamated Engineering Union (AEU), was a pamphlet prepared for the , London, England. Its readership was hoped to be "those who have attained manhood and womanhood since 1914. ...YET TO MAKE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE MARCH TOWARD FREEDOM AND EMANCIPATION OF THE WORKING CLASS... their young lives ...overshadowed by the Great War and its terrible aftermath." It argued that "the better c
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