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ing the prevention of conception. In France a number of Malthusian journals are published, and the movement in favor of limitation of offspring has widespread and influential support. Malthusian leagues have been organized in Spain, Italy, Germany, South America and even in Africa. In this country, despite the pioneer efforts of Dr. E. B. Foote and others, and despite the almost universal willingness and physicians to impart "confidential" information by word of mouth, the Malthusian movement is still weak and almost negligible.
Margaret Sanger deserves great credit for the work she has done as educator and as agitator in this field. Her husband has-as it happens, unwittingly-raised an issue of immense importance. His case is being handled in the courts by Gilbert E. Roe. All who are interested in the issue at stake and who want to rebuke Mr. Comstock's latest insolence are asked to communicate with MOTHER EARTH or with the President of the Free Speech League, Leonard D. Abbot, 241 East 201st Street, New York City.
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TO THE ANTI-MILITARISTS, ANARCHISTS, AND FREE THINKERS
AT this most earnest time, when the whole of society seems to be disrupted, we also want to raise our voice which has as much right to be heard as that of the other parties. For it was indeed we who have ever been the only ones who opposed militarism under the motto, "Not a single man and not a single penny for militarism." All the other parties, from the clerical to the Social Democrats, have always been in favor of militarism. They have proved it again and again by voting for the military budgets, thus enabling the governments to carry on war, because without money no soldiers are to be had.
For twenty-five years we have been propagating the only practical means to make war impossible: the proclamation of the General Strike in case of war, and the International Boycott of the powers at war.
The proletariat alone, or the producing workers, have
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