They asked me questions, all to the point, about the minute details of the working-men’s unions, the aims of the International Association and its chances of success, and then came questions about what could be done in Russia, and the prospects of our propaganda.
He describes the insightful questions posed by workers regarding the labor unions and the potential for change in Russia.
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