For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the chains labour is burdened with by capitalism, but they are not sufficient to crush capitalism and to emancipate the workers from their tyranny.

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Each reform, therefore, improving the economical and political situation of the workers proves to be...

Each reform, therefore, improving the economical and political situation of the workers proves to be...

We are not making this demand for the sake of a principle, but in the...

We are not making this demand for the sake of a principle, but in the...

The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist...

The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist...

We would, however, perform an injustice to the bourgeois women's rights movement if we would...

We would, however, perform an injustice to the bourgeois women's rights movement if we would...

When the men are silent, it is our duty to raise our voices in behalf...

When the men are silent, it is our duty to raise our voices in behalf...

When a battle for suffrage is conducted, it should only be conducted according to socialist...

When a battle for suffrage is conducted, it should only be conducted according to socialist...

When the men kill, it is up to us women to fight for the preservation...

When the men kill, it is up to us women to fight for the preservation...

Bourgeois society is not fundamentally opposed to the bourgeois women's movement, which is proven by...

Bourgeois society is not fundamentally opposed to the bourgeois women's movement, which is proven by...

In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages,...

In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages,...

The machines, the modern mode of production, slowly undermined domestic production and not just for...

The machines, the modern mode of production, slowly undermined domestic production and not just for...

These interests of the workers, as the exploited and oppressed, class of society, are the...

These interests of the workers, as the exploited and oppressed, class of society, are the...

Women's propaganda must touch upon all those questions which are of great importance to the...

Women's propaganda must touch upon all those questions which are of great importance to the...

What practical conclusions may we now draw for our propaganda work among women? The task...

What practical conclusions may we now draw for our propaganda work among women? The task...

What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price...

What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price...

Social Democratic and trade union organs have approved of the illegal invasion of Belgium, of...

Social Democratic and trade union organs have approved of the illegal invasion of Belgium, of...

The most disastrous phenomenon of the current situation is the factor that imperialism is employing...

The most disastrous phenomenon of the current situation is the factor that imperialism is employing...

The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything...

The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything...

The capitalists speculate on the two following factors: the female worker must be paid as...

The capitalists speculate on the two following factors: the female worker must be paid as...