The Cry for Justice

An extensive selection of poetry, essays, and excerpts from literary works all centering on themes of social protest. Includes the words to the Internationale, p. 511 and the Marseillaise, p. 521. Unfortunately, the index is not complete. Contained in this volume are many of the most stirring, thought-provoking and incisive writings on the struggle of humanity against social injustice ever written. Contributors include Upton Sinclair, Jack London, Euripides, Dante, Zola, and Tolstoy as well as contemporary authors such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, and Mahatma Gandhi.