Condemned to Death 1914, Strike Against War
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Title
Condemned to Death 1914, Strike Against War
Description
A flier documenting the strike against World War II.
Creator
Peace Action Committee
Source
Condemned to Death 1914, Strike Against War, Box 1, Posters, Broadsides and Fliers collection, ua01321, University Archives, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Publisher
University of Minnesota
Date
1935
Rights
Use of this resource is governed by U.S. and international copyright laws. Resource is property of the University of Minnesota. Please contact the University of Minnesota Archives for permission to publish. https://special.lib.umn.edu/uarchives
Format
Flier
Language
English
Identifier
una803461
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CONDEMNED TO DEATH 1914
Twenty one years ago other students were on this campus and other campuses, throughout, the United States and the world. They were much like us. They wanted to live happy contented lives.
Then the war came and those students listened to their elders and read the newspapers and went to war, because they thought they could save the world from future wars and safeguard their countries. And English and French youth was set to work killing German and Austrian youth, and later American Youth was sent to do its part. After millions of men and boys were killed and wounded and millions of women and children suffered starvation and want, the war to end all war was over.
1935
Now in spite of the idealistic sacrifice of countless thousands of lives (1914-1918) the war drums are beating. Germany is rearming, France is arming her frontier, England, Japan, Italy, Poland, and the United States all are preparing for the war they are sure is coming.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
We can and must protest, and quickly. We must join the world wide youth movement against war. We must strike at the causes of war. We must show that we will not allow ourselves to be hoodwinked into lethargy by those who would pooh-pooh youth movements and draw the red herring across the trail of peace. Radical and conservative, socialist and Republican we must stand together----------or WE TOO ARE CONDEMNED TO DEATH!
STRIKE AGAINST WAR!
Issued by the Peace Action Committee.
PLEASE PASS THIS ON.
Twenty one years ago other students were on this campus and other campuses, throughout, the United States and the world. They were much like us. They wanted to live happy contented lives.
Then the war came and those students listened to their elders and read the newspapers and went to war, because they thought they could save the world from future wars and safeguard their countries. And English and French youth was set to work killing German and Austrian youth, and later American Youth was sent to do its part. After millions of men and boys were killed and wounded and millions of women and children suffered starvation and want, the war to end all war was over.
1935
Now in spite of the idealistic sacrifice of countless thousands of lives (1914-1918) the war drums are beating. Germany is rearming, France is arming her frontier, England, Japan, Italy, Poland, and the United States all are preparing for the war they are sure is coming.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
We can and must protest, and quickly. We must join the world wide youth movement against war. We must strike at the causes of war. We must show that we will not allow ourselves to be hoodwinked into lethargy by those who would pooh-pooh youth movements and draw the red herring across the trail of peace. Radical and conservative, socialist and Republican we must stand together----------or WE TOO ARE CONDEMNED TO DEATH!
STRIKE AGAINST WAR!
Issued by the Peace Action Committee.
PLEASE PASS THIS ON.
Citation
Peace Action Committee , “Condemned to Death 1914, Strike Against War,” Gallery, accessed November 7, 2026, https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/items/show/6479.