CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
DECEMBER 1871
My election as co-president of the International Workingmen’s Association, Section Twelve, back in July had been a major coup in my plan to make my presidential dreams a reality. But at the time, it was largely ceremonial. Now, as Tennie and I took the reins of power in earnest, I vowed to show the country its workers were a force to be reckoned with, a populace not to be ignored.
But first the public had to understand what the workers were fighting for. Stephen had read Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto to me, translating it from the original German, but most people hadn’t had such an opportunity because no one had yet printed it in English. With Stephen’s help, I would see that changed. The lengthy document was set to run in the December 30th issue of t
