Eetu Kokko

A secret political meeting draws the pressures of an unsettled era into a single room, where conscription, propaganda and the limits of political action are fiercely contested. Set in Finland between 1904 and 1906, this four-act historical play places public argument beside the disciplined world of factory labour, revealing how power reaches from influential owners and political organisers into the lives of workers.Eetu Kokko, a young factory worker, stands where class division, personal loyalty and political pressure converge. His exclusion from the gathering is more than a social slight: it exposes the boundaries governing who may speak, who must obey and whose freedom counts. Around him, efforts to prevent young men from attending conscription bring intimidation and threats into conflict with individual conscience, while disagreements over violence test the principles claimed by every side.The factory setting gives these political struggles an immediate social dimension, as authority over employment becomes entangled with demands for obedience beyond the workplace. Eetu’s relationship with a servant, and his concern for her vulnerable position, keeps the drama attentive to those whose choices are constrained by class and circumstance. Moving between private loyalties and organised pressure, the play examines freedom not as an abstraction but as a question faced under unequal conditions. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions.It has been restored for today’s and future generations.This edition is not just a reprint - it’s a collector’s item and a cultural treasure.