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"We are not making this demand for the sake of a principle, but in the interests of the proletarian class."
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"Women's propaganda must touch upon all those questions which are of great importance to the general proletarian movement. The main task is, indeed, to awaken the women's class consciousness and to incorporate them into the class struggle."
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"The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything that is dear to them."
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