Peace is patriotism to mankind.
We do not want other people’s blood and we refuse to waste our own.
For thousands of years the ruling class have bled us pale. All cannon have always been aimed at us—by us.
We did not see. Our eyes were blinded with our own blood; our minds were paralyzed with lies.
But now we see. Now we understand. And therefore now we stand erect in self-respect. Now in sincere fellowship we extend the right hand of brotherhood to all the working men—and to all the women and to all the children—of the whole world; and to all these we promise:
We will not fight.
We refuse to plunge bayonets into one another’s breasts.
We refuse to slay the fathers of tender children.
We refuse to murder the brothers and lovers of women.
We refuse to butcher the husbands of devoted wives.