Lewis Wins Quote Contest
Tuesday, February 22, 2005(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Sian Lewis is this week’s Quote Contest winner, correctly identifying
American socialist leader and writer Daniel DeLeon as the source of the 1903
quote: "The capitalist class is interested in keeping the workingmen divided
among themselves. Hence it foments race and religious animosities that
come down from the past.” A Phillip Randolph also got a couple votes.
Honorable mentions to Alan L. Freeman, Loretta Kane, Scott Wilson (who reminds
us that DeLeon was one of the founders of the IWW), Jordan Barab, Mark Cohen,
Rami Elamine, Jennifer L. Hinchey, Bob Lucore, Martha Mountain (who, noting that
“The man was nothing if not prolific!” helpfully provided a link to an archive
of DeLeon’s writings, Hunter Phillips, J.W. Daniel, Asantewaa Nkrumah-Ture
& Bill Henning.