"The capitalist class shoots down mothers and children. It stops at nothing, no matter how monstrous, to prevent the organization of the workers"
About this Quote
Bloor's intent is organizing logic, not rhetorical flair. By naming "the capitalist class" as a unified actor, she collapses the cozy idea that violence is an accident or the work of rogue cops. The subtext is about the state as an enforcer: bullets don't fire themselves, and her phrasing implies that capital's power includes police, courts, private guards, strikebreakers - whatever machinery can be mobilized to break collective action. "Stops at nothing" is deliberately absolute, built to harden resolve in readers who may still believe the system has guardrails.
Context matters: Bloor was a major labor organizer and socialist in an era when strikes were routinely met with intimidation and bloodshed, and when women's and children's suffering was often used to shock the public into moral clarity. The quote functions as a recruitment pitch and a warning: the cost of organizing is real, and the risk isn't random. It's structural. In that sense, the outrage isn't just anger - it's discipline, forging a story where workers either organize or remain targets.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Bloor, Ella R. (2026, January 15). The capitalist class shoots down mothers and children. It stops at nothing, no matter how monstrous, to prevent the organization of the workers. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-capitalist-class-shoots-down-mothers-and-145959/
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Bloor, Ella R. "The capitalist class shoots down mothers and children. It stops at nothing, no matter how monstrous, to prevent the organization of the workers." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-capitalist-class-shoots-down-mothers-and-145959/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"The capitalist class shoots down mothers and children. It stops at nothing, no matter how monstrous, to prevent the organization of the workers." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-capitalist-class-shoots-down-mothers-and-145959/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.


