Conquest of Shortcake
No more of such vague formulae as “The right to work”, or “To each the whole result of his labour.” What we proclaim is the Right to Well-Being; Well-Being for All!
The “right to well-being” means the possibility of living like human beings, and of bringing up children to be members of a society better than ours, whilst the “right to work” only means the right to be always a wage-slave, a drudge, ruled over and exploited by the middle class of the future.
Well-being for all is not a dream. It is possible, realizable, owing to all that our ancestors have done to increase our powers of production. (Petr Kropotkin, Conquest of Bread, 1892)
Image description: the classic character Strawberry Shortcake is carrying a basket of strawberries against a pastel gingham and green lace background. A sign near her points to the path ahead, reading “Right to Work”. Shortcake has crossed out the word “Work” with a green pencil in hand and replaced it with “well-being”. Overhead text reads “Well-being for All is not a Dream!”
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