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Abstract
The Industrial Workers of the World is a union unlike any other. Founded in 1905 in Chicago, it rapidly gained members across the world thanks to its revolutionary, internationalist outlook. By using powerful organising methods including direct-action and direct-democracy, it put power in the hands of workers. This philosophy is labeled as ‘revolutionary industrial unionism’ and the members called, affectionately, ‘Wobblies’.
This book is the first to look at the history of the IWW from an international perspective. Bringing together a group of leading scholars, it includes lively accounts from a number diverse countries including Australia, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Sweden and Ireland, which reveal a fascinating story of global anarchism, syndicalism and socialism.
Drawing on many important figures of the movements such as Tom Barker, Har Dayal, Joe Hill, James Larkin and William D. "Big Bill" Haywood, and exploring particular industries including shipping, mining, and agriculture, this book describes how the IWW and its ideals travelled around the world.
'This eclectic and wide-ranging book is a significant contribution to our understanding of the IWW and its international reach ... [it] performs a valuable service in recalling our attention to the centrality of internationalism in the IWW’s vision. Anyone serious about the history of the IWW will need to read this book'
Jon Bekeen, former General Secretary-Treasurer of the IWW (US) and co-author of 'The Industrial Workers of the World: Its First Hundred Years'
'Finally! A book about the IWW that takes seriously their global self-description. This book is a landmark and a sea beacon in the history of the planetary proletariat'
Marcus Rediker, author of Slave Ship: A Human History (John Murray, 2008)
'Fantastic'
Labor Notes
'As a second-generation member of the IWW, I am delighted to see this outstanding collection of essays on the Wobblies, their achievements, and their substantial impact despite severe repression'
Noam Chomsky
'A splendid project and a vitally important contribution to the understanding of labor as a social movement.'
Paul Buhle, author of Wobblies!: A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World (2005)
'Recommended'
CHOICE
'[A] valuable collection'
Against the Current
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| Acknowledgements | vii | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| Part I: Transnational Influences on the IWW | 27 | ||
| 1. \"A Cosmopolitan Crowd\": Traditional Anarchists, the IWW, an the American Radical Press - Kenyon Zimmer | 29 | ||
| 2. Sabotage, the IWW, and Repression: How the American Reinterpretation of a French Concept Gave Rise to a New International Conception of Sabotage - Dominique Pinsolle (translated by Jesse Cohn) | 44 | ||
| 3. Living Social Dynamite: Early Twentieth-Century IWW-South Asia Connections - Tariq Khan | 59 | ||
| 4. IWW Internationalism and Interracial Organizing in the Southwestern United States - David M. Struthers | 74 | ||
| 5. Spanish Anarchists and Maritime Workers in the IWW - Bieito Alonso (translated by Kevan Antonio Aguilar) | 89 | ||
| Part II: The IWW in the Wider World | 103 | ||
| 6. The IWW and the Dilemmas of Internationalism - Wayne Thorpe | 105 | ||
| 7. The IWW in Tampico: Anarchism, Internationalism and Solidarity Unionism in a Mexican Port - Kevan Antonio Aguilar | 124 | ||
| 8. The Wobblies of the North Woods: Finnish Labor Radicalism and the IWW in Northern Ontario - Saku Pinta | 140 | ||
| 9. \"We Must Do Away with Racial Prejudice and Imaginary Boundary Lines\": British Columbia Wobblies before the First World War - Mark Leier | 156 | ||
| 10. Wobblies Down Under: The IWW in Australia - Verity Burgmann | 168 | ||
| 11. Ki Nga Kaimahi Maori Katoa (\"To All Maori Workers\"): The New Zealand IWW and the Maori - Mark Derby | 186 | ||
| 12. Patrick Hodgens Hickey and the IWW: A Transnational Relationship - Peter Clayworth | 204 | ||
| 13. \"The Cause of the Workers Who Are Fighting in Spain is Yours\": The Marine Transport Workers and the Spanish Civil War - Matthew C. White | 212 | ||
| 14. Edith Frenette: A Transnational Radical Life - Heather Mayer | 228 | ||
| Part III: Beyond the Union: The IWW's Influence and Legacies | 237 | ||
| 15. Jim Larkin, James Connolly, and the Dublin Lockout of 1913: The Transnational Path of Global Syndicalism - Marjorie Murphy | 239 | ||
| 16. Tom Barker and Revolutionary Europe - Paula de Angelis | 253 | ||
| 17. P. J. Welinder and \"American Syndicalism\" in Interwar Sweden - Johan Pries | 262 | ||
| 18. \"All Workers Regardless of Craft, Race or Colour\": The First Wave of IWW Activity and Influence in South Africa - Lucien van der Walt | 271 | ||
| 19. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp: The Songs of Joe Hill Around the World - Bucky Halker | 288 |