The Cry for Justice
Reading edition
An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest
THE WRITINGS OF PHILOSOPHERS, POETS, NOVELISTS, SOCIAL REFORMERS, AND OTHERS WHO HAVE VOICED THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SOCIAL INJUSTICE
SELECTED FROM TWENTY-FIVE LANGUAGES Covering a Period of Five Thousand Years
Edited by UPTON SINCLAIR Author of “Sylvia,” “The Jungle,” Etc.
With an Introduction by JACK LONDON Author of “The Sea Wolf,” “The Call of the Wild,” “The Valley of the Moon,” Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED WITH REPRODUCTIONS OF SOCIAL PROTEST IN ART
Published by UPTON SINCLAIR NEW YORK CITY AND PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
Dr. John R. Haynes, of Los Angeles, very generously purchased from the publishers the plates and copyright of this book, in order to make possible the issuing of this edition. I asked Dr. Haynes if he would let me make acknowledgment to him in the book, and he answered: “Dedicate the book to those unknown ones, who by their dimes and quarters keep the Socialist movement going; to the poor and obscure people who sacrifice themselves in order to bring about a better world, which they may never live to see. Write this as eloquently as you can, and it will be the best possible dedication to ‘The Cry for Justice’.”
I decided, after thinking it over, to combine my own idea with the idea of Dr. Haynes.
Copyright, 1915, by The John C. Winston Co.