Dismantling our divisions: craft, industry, and a new society
Submitted by s.nappalos on Dec 2 2015 03:10
A discussion of craft and industrial divisions in health care that leads to the debate between the IWW, FORA, and other revolutionary unions over the relationship between unions in capitalist and post-revolutionary society.
No badjacketing: the state wants to kill us; let's not cooperate
An article by the Twin Cities General Defense Committee (GDC) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) about the dangers of 'badjacketing', which is defined as 'creating suspicion, by spreading rumors or unsubstantiated accusations, that people are undercovers, infiltrators, snitches, or cooperators. '
The South African Wobblies: The Origins of Industrial Unions in South Africa - John Philips
Submitted by Ed on Nov 21 2015 22:13
John Philip’s pioneering, hard-to-get study of syndicalism in South Africa, stressing the influence of the IWW.
Letter on the IWW Domestic Workers Union, 1917 - Jane Street
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 8 2015 18:20
Fascinating letter from the secretary of the domestic workers' section of the Industrial Workers of the World union in Denver, 1917 about their activities and the sexism they faced from other union members. The letter was illegally seized by the government and only discovered nearly 60 years later.
Concrete examples of non labour relations board unions: part III - Phinneas Gage
Submitted by Recomposition on Nov 8 2015 04:38
The third part of a series of concrete examples and very brief summaries of organizations that have some component of direct action and a form of collective bargaining that operate outside the labour relations framework.
The Everett massacre, 1916 - Walt Crowley
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 4 2015 23:36
A short history of the Everett massacre of five members of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union who had gone to support striking workers.
One Big Union and horizontal worker cooperatives in Texas: a story
Submitted by Reddebrek on Nov 4 2015 13:39
A brief history of a labour dispute at a non-profit that resulted in the establishment of a co-operative that then spent years experimenting with horizontal leadership and self management.
The little red song book
PDF version of the "little red songbook": songs to fan the flames of discontent, first published by the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union in 1909.
Blood on the coal: Colorado strike of 1927 - Patrick Murfin
Submitted by Steven. on Oct 19 2015 10:14
A short history of the great Colorado coal strike of 1927, called by the revolutionary union Industrial Workers of the World which lasted until the following year, facing savage repression and killings and won concessions, although not IWW union recognition.
Memorandum on the Bay Area food mart campaign
The Bay Area Food Mart Campaign began in 2009 and concluded in 2015. It was an experiment in reviving some of the IWW's essential revolutionary traditions in the context of the 21st century.
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