Joyaux, born in 1879, lived
Until three years after his Peace Prize was given.
His life spanned a half-century of pro-labor efforts.
He was prolific on what helped bring Peace . . . and what hurt it.
He had fought against War, what was it good for?
He had stood for workers’ rights that made a Peace difference.
He opposed the large army-with-big-generals approach, preferred more
Of a defensive model like the Swiss, precisely in furtherance
Of Peace. He believed that the arms industry should be State owned –
Entirely, and regulated by license. As such, parties would need one
To produce, sell or export any and all weapons.
Including outlawing arms in and to states pandering in war violations.
To wit, the global arms complex in enforceable legal wraps,
Their total economy controlled, a solution stopgap.
June Edvenson 