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STRIKE

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A production of the
First State Film Factory

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"Towards the Dictatorship"

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A Cycle of films on the 
Workers' Movement in Russia.

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The First Issue

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"STRIKE"
in 6 parts

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Scenario PROLETKULT
Under the Editorship of V. Pletnykov

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Performed by the First
Workers' Theatre of Proletkult

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Director:
Sergei Eisenstein

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Camera:
Eduard Tisse

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Sets:
Vassili Rakhals

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"The strength of
the working class

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is organization.

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Without organization of the masses,

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the proletariat is nothing.

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Organized, it is everything.

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Being organized

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means unity of action,

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the unity of pratical activity."

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(Lenin, 1907)

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PART ONE:

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ALL IS CALM
AT THE FACTORY.

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All is calm.

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But...

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There is trouble brewing.

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They hurry to...

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Director.

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Reporting.
He laid down the law.

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He is furious

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Through the hierarchy.

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"Get me the files
on the factory district."

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Information of
"Private Agents".

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List of Agents who spy:

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The Monkey, the Quiet One,

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The Patriarch,
the Fellow-Countryman, Zoya

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bulldog, the Fox

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the Taylor,
the Shepherd,

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the Owl, the Fly-by-night.

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Preparations.

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"The Fox"

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Alms for the Blind.

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"The Owl"

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To the meeting place.

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"The Monkey"

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"The Bulldog"

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A group of activists.

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"They've pushed us into a corner,
so we've got to strike."

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"With our people..."

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"It would be better if the
people didn't go out on strike."

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Preparations.

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"Agitate everywhere."

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"The Owl" is in a tight spot.

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A spy.

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Secret meetings.

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They're stirring up the people.

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Accordion accompaniment.

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"You've become even more
insolent, you scum."

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Meanwhile,
in the underground...

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CALLS TO STRIKE

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The boys are taking action.

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"Enough of patience. Let's go out
on strike, comrades, into the struggle."

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End of the first part

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PART TWO:
A REASON TO STRIKE

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The micrometer is stolen.

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The price of the micrometer
is 25 rubles.

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A loss of three weeks pay.

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To the office to report the loss.

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"We haven't had any thieves before."

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The Manager.

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"Thief!"

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Thief...

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"Comrades,

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the boss
accused me of the theft.

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I'm not guilty

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but I can't prove it.

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I cannot leave the factory with the stigma of a thief.

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So I have decided
to put an end to myself.

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Goodbye

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and remember I'm not guilty."

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Yakov Strongen.

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"Break it up!"

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"Stop work!"

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The master craftsmen.

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"Blow the whistle!"

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"Go to hell!"

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For the whistle.

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To the Old Foundry.

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The assembly.

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The Old Foundry resists.

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"C'mon, lads, let's take it!"

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"To the office, comrades!"

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"Don't open the gates!
Let no one in or out."

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The Tribune of Labor.

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In the office.

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"Without our labor
the furnaces will go out...

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We are united to struggle
against the capital..."

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A "carriage" for the administration.

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"Why didn't you warn us
about all this?!"

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End of the second part

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PART THREE:
THE PLANT STOOD STOCK-STILL

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The first days.

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"Get up for work."

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Copying their fathers.

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Orders pour in...

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Everything on which their thrones
rest is made by the worker's hands.

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"Is that on strike too?!"

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Formulating demands.

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"We demand an eight hour work day."

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"...Fair treatment
by the management."

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"A 30% increase in wages."

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At the police station.

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"There are no cowards
or traitors among us.

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- Untranslated subtitle -

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to the end."

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The stockholders.

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"I'll read them."

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"A 6 hour work day for minors."

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"They're demanding

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a 30% wage increase."

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"It's shocking.

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They've brought
the factory into politics."

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"This is impudence."

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"And now, gentlemen..."

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Police!

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Sit down!

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"Oh, that isn't all..."

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"You press down hard and
you get...juice."

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The demands.

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"The administration, having

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considered the workers' demands
with the utmost care..."

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"Clean it up."

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A nice reply.

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Every herd
has his black sheep.

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Late into the night...

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End of the third part

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PART FOUR:
THE STRIKE DRAGS ON

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Food store closed for repairs

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"He's hungry."

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To the flea market.

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The tobacco pouch is empty.

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"Want my dinner, Daddy."

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On the prowl.

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The Owl sees by day as well.

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"Having reviewed,
with the utmost care,

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the workers' demands

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the administration

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considers them impractical

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for the following reasons:

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1) The eight hour work day

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is completely illegal

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2) The wage increase...

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4) A correct attitude.

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At a prearranged place.

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A civil manner

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from the
administration is recommended

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only if the workers
submit unconditionally.

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In the evening.

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In the night.

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"Beat him!"

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"Beat him!"

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The next night.

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"Article 102:

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4 to 6 years of hard labor

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.. or..."

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Towards morning.

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"They've brought him around."

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"The leader.. and dangerous."

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They are discussing the refusal.

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"Who is for continuing the strike?"

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"Against?"

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"A minority for work."

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Arrest warrant

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End of the fourth part

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PART FIVE:
THE PROVOCATION TO DISASTER

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The Czarist police are not squeamish.

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"I'll announce you immediately."

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"The King"

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A shady deal.

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"My realms are limitless."

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The Kadushkino Cemetery.

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Tough sorts.

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"I need five
unscrupulous men."

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They're ALL without conscience!

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Down to "business".

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The Monkey works in wholesale,

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the Owl in retail.

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Pass it on.

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The war council.

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Liquor store.

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From a meeting.

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At "work".

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Worming their way in...

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SMASH IT!

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The "King's" boys go into action.

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"It's provocation.

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Call out the firemen.

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Press the button.
Wait for the firemen.

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Stop gossiping and guard the fire
alarm or they will foil the plan.

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"Comrades, follow me!"

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"They want to buy us
with vodka!-

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Don't be provoked!"

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"Provocateurs are here

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working with the police."

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"Everybody go home,
Comrades!"

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It's been foiled...

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"Follow me!"

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"Fools!"

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A dead end.

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Struggling for a way out.

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They have broken through.

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"He got away."

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"Flush out" the ringleaders!

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"You scum! Your own people..."

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They've caught him.

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End of the fifth part

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PART SIX:
LIQUIDATION

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In the factory district

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a State Liquor Store was smashed,
looted and burned by the strikers.

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The crowd was dispersed
with water hoses.

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The situation is tense.

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There is fear of further unrest.

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Troops have been sent to the
district by order of the Governor.

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The First Strike

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"DIS-PER-SE!"

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"Comrades, help!"

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"To the forge, comrades,

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to the sledge hammers.

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"Go to your apartments."

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They have broken in.

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Wild animals.

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"You can't put them all in prison.

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Our boys will hold out."

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"The boys..."

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"Your little district..."

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"...is already..."

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"But you, young man,

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could maybe
join us...

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we could help you.
What do you say?"

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"Back to my cell!"

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The carnage.

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The defeat.

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And like bloody unforgettable scars
on the body of the proletariat

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lay the wounds of Lena,
Talka, Zlataust, Yaro,

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Slavl, Tsaritsin,and Kosteroma.

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REMEMBER!

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PROLETARIANS!!