This echoed the view, expressed at the IWW's founding convention, that war represents struggles among capitalists in which the rich become richer, and the working poor all too often die at the hands of other workers.
Detta upprepade synen, uttalad under IWW:s första konvention, att krig representerar kampen mot kapitalister i vilken de rika blir rikare, och de fattiga arbetande allt för ofta dör vid andra arbetares händer.