1912: The San Diego free speech fight
Submitted by Reddebrek on Feb 19 2017 19:56
A history of the most violent of the Free Speech Fights. A combination of police brutality and vigilante terror was unleashed against the IWW and the workers of San Diego, including torture and murder.
The Magonista Revolt in Tijuana: A Prelude to the San Diego Free Speech Fight
(excerpt from Under the Perfect Sun: The San Diego Tourists Never See; The New Press: 2003, by Jim Miller) An account of the revolt in Baja Mexico that peaked when the mixed rebel army captured Tijuana. The revolt involved a mix of Mexican anarchists, indigenous scouts and American Wobblies and Socialists.
Unionism and Anti-Fascism - Twin Cities General Defense Committee
Statement on Opposing All Oppression from the Twin Cities GDC Local 14 on the importance of fighting fascism and all of the oppressions faced by different sections of the working class.
Montana Wobblies, Antifa Out-Organize Nazis
Submitted by Reddebrek on Feb 13 2017 18:33
Report on an antifascist mobilisation in Whitefish, Western Montana, where neo-nazis had called for an armed rally against Jewish residents.
Database of repression of the IWW, 1906-1920
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 8 2017 18:55
A table detailing hundreds of instances of state and employer repression of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union in the United States in the early part of the 20th century.
Shooter of unarmed anti-racist walks free; authorities silent
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 29 2017 20:58
An update on the shooter of the Seattle Anti Fascist.
Fellow Worker and GDC Member Shot at anti-fascist protest in Seattle
Submitted by robot on Jan 22 2017 11:09
On the evening of Friday, January 20th, a comrade of ours was shot in the stomach in the most public place on the University of Washington’s campus in Seattle – a place called “Red Square” for the color of its bricks rather than its politics.
This Fellow Worker (what members of the IWW call ourselves) and Defender (for GDC members) is a longtime anti-fascist and dedicated activist, a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the General Defense Committee of the IWW. He’s currently in critical condition at Harborview Hospital in Seattle. They have a Level One Trauma center, so it’s likely he is receiving the best quality care available, for which we are deeply grateful.
1909: Missoula Free Speech Fight
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 22 2017 07:40
History of the first free speech fight conducted by the IWW.
1908-10: Spokane Free Speech Fight
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 22 2017 07:04
Account of the free speech and anti job sharking campaign carried out by the Spokane Wobblies.
1919: Prison Strikes at Fort Leavenworth
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 17 2017 20:19
In 1919 the prison population for military prisons had swelled. In response to the pressure and arbitrary sentencing inmates at the Fort Leavenworth prison started a series of prison strikes.
