Telegram sent to the British Association for the Advancement of Science at their September 1960 Conference in Cardiff.
TODAY YOU WILL DISCUSS WORLD POPULAT1ON PROBLEMS. MAY WE EXPRESS TO YOU OUR CONVICTION THAT THE PROBLEMS OF MASS STARVATION AND MALNUTRITION AMIDST POTENTIAL PLENTY CANNOT BE SOLVED UNLESS PRODUCTION IS CARRIED ON SOLELY IN ORDER TO SATISFY HUMAN NEEDS, UNFETTERED BY ANY CONSIDERATIONS OF FINANCIAL OR NATIONAL GAIN.
IN OUR VIEW IT IS UTOPIAN AND IRRATIONAL TO ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS EXCEPT ON A WORLD-WIDE BASIS OF COMMON OWNERSHIP OF THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION. MEN MUST ORGANISE TO ABOLISH ALL CLASS AND STATE OWNERSHIP OF THE MEANS OF LIVING – MONEY. THEREBY. BEING RENDERED REDUNDANT. AT LAST MAN COULD GRAPPLE WITH HIS PROBLEMS IN A TRULY HUMAN AND SCIENTIFIC SPIRIT. THE VISIONS OF BACON AND MARX WOULD BECOME THE REALITY.
SOCIALIST PARTY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
(Socialist Standard, October 1960).
3 comments:
You've got love the bold statement ALL IN CAPS.
And people thought this stuff only kicked off with the internet.
ALL TELEGRAMS TENDED TO BE IN CAPITALS BECAUSE THEY WERE SENT BY MORSE CODE AND THERE WAS NO WAY IN MORSE OF DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN LOWER AND UPPER CASE.
That was just my wee joke.
I saw enough old movies back in the day - usually on a wet Sunday afternoon when I wasn't allowed to go outside to play football (wow, my 20s were so weird . . . and so strict) - where they would have the Telegram Boy knocking on the door with the dreaded telegram, cue close up telegram with the bolded message in capital letters with its heartrending news.
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