Scabs
From Corvus Editions
(1892, 1905, 1907; 20 pages) - Lizzie M Holmes was a prominent member of Chicago anarchist circles, working on The Alarm as an assistant to Albert Parsons. She became a regular contributor of fiction to the labor press, publishing stories of struggle in papers like The Journeyman Barber and the International Wood-Worker. The pieces collected here—two short stories and a brief essay—are representative of her work, which combined a sentimental framework with a hard-line message, and all three are concerned with the contentious topic of replacement workers, or “scabs,” and the hardships associated with strikes. 2.00
