Partial archive of articles from the newspaper of the revolutionary union, the Industrial Workers of the World.
Originally the voice of the IWW in the Pacific Northwest during the 1910s and 1920s, the Industrial Worker eventually became the main official English-language publication of the union. It ceased to be a newspaper in late 2015, transitioning into a magazine until 2021. Since then it had mainly been an online blog, with occasional collections of writings released in a pamphlet format.
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The numbering system is very
The numbering system is very confusing and makes little sense to me.
The September 4, 1913 issue is "Volume 5, Number 21".
February 17, 1917 is "Volume 1, Number 45".
October 1, 1927 is "Volume 4, Number 39 (Whole No. 563)"
It seems to follow this numbering system until sometime between 1934-1936 when I think it restarts.
Then it changes sometime between 1940-1970 and its the format we have today.
I may have to just give up trying to figure this out and stick to organizing these strictly by dates instead.
Ha ha yeah that seems a bit
Ha ha yeah that seems a bit ridiculous! I guess they must restarted it on multiple occasions, maybe when it moved cities/editorial teams? I guess doing it by date is simpler, so I would stick with that, but just have the volume/issue number somewhere in the text or intro
Yeah that's probably what I'm
Yeah that's probably what I'm going to do. Maybe add a note about numbering problems.
Part of my confusion also is
Part of my confusion also is that I apparently can't read Roman numerals! Embarrassing, considering I'm an avid (American) football fan...
Ha ha oh dear hopefully
Ha ha oh dear hopefully sorted now? BTW is there anyone who could help you with this? We could try to do a call out on FB, or maybe the IWW could do one as well?
Really the only help I need
Really the only help I need is getting access to the materials. The IWW started putting PDFs of current Industrial Worker issues online in 2005. Marxist Internet Archive put up PDFs of the paper until 1913. So 1914-2005 is only out there in hard copies, microfilm and bound reprints. Quite a few institutions such as historical societies and universities have microfilm going up until the 1940s at least. Very few universities have the bound reprints, I haven't come across them at all actually and have only heard second hand that they exist. Probably the most difficult period to track down is 1950s-1990s, which seem only to exist as scattered hard copies in institutions and people's homes.
Finally finished uploading 57
Finally finished uploading 57 issues from 1917-1940.
Good stuff. Appreciating all
Good stuff. Appreciating all the post WWI materials.
Starting to upload all the…
Starting to upload all the IWW stuff I've transcribed in the past few years but not yet put on libcom
Juan Conatz wrote: Starting…
That's amazing, thanks so much!
Found a huge collection of…
Found a huge collection of scanned IWs on Internet Archive that I've been uploading. Unfortunately not a ton in the 1940s-1950s, a period which may not be that interesting to most, but a period I've been interested in nonetheless.
I've reorganized how to get…
I've reorganized how to get to the issues by breaking down the initial child pages into decades rather than years. Then the decade child pages breakdown by years. Seemed more orderly than listing each year individually as a child page on this main parent.
I'm not really satisfied with how I was organizing the child pages for the IWs prior to it becoming a monthly paper. I was breaking those down into monthly child pages. But considering removing those and just listing the 36 or so yearly issues.
This is great! But yes,…
This is great! But yes, sorting just by year would seem to be sufficient, without doing additional sorting by month
Juan Conatz wrote: Found a…
I actually find the years of retreat and holding the fort of interest. Not very uplifting, but interesting. Not only for the IWW, but the IWA and whatever affiliates remained above ground and even the SAC which went its own way. Most importantly for me at least, wherever there were some to keep the flame alive, to pass the history and the torch to another generation, small and isolated that generation may have been, we have benefited. And if these militants were not around in the 1960s and 1970s, the generation before me and my generation would not have been exposed to the general revolutionary working class ideas when we developed, learned, got our feet wet and so forth. Keep digging and keep 'em coming!