WCH6: The Industrial Workers of the World in the US, 1905-1918
Podcast episode about the early history of the Industrial Workers of the World union in the United States, 1905-1918. In conversation with Peter Cole, coeditor of the new book Wobblies of the World: a Global History of the IWW.
The Wobblies: a radical world history - Peter Cole
Peter Cole recalls the history of the Industrial Workers of the World. As capitalism continues to enact violence on workers worldwide, and politics takes a toxic turn, Cole asks: what use can the Wobblies be today?
Industrial Worker (Summer 2016)
The Summer 2016 (#1777, Vol. 113, No. 3) issue of the Industrial Worker, the newspaper of the revolutionary union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
Review: Local 8 shows interracial unionism key to victory
A review by Matt White of Peter Cole's book, Wobblies on the Waterfront: Interracial Unionism in Progressive- Era Philadelphia.
Ben Fletcher, Local 8, and Me - Peter Cole
An article by author Peter Cole about his fascination with the historical IWW's storied 'Local 8'.
Philadelphia's lords of the docks: interracial unionism wobbly style - Peter Cole
Submitted by Dan Radnika on Feb 27 2013 20:19
A short paper written by Peter Cole for the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (July 2007)
Quakertown blues: Philadelphia's longshoremen and the decline of the IWW
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Aug 27 2012 07:07
An essay by Peter Cole on the relationship between the IWW and Communism and how the collapse of the IWW had much to do with postwar events, including internal conflicts over centralization and Communism, rather than only wartime repression.
War on the waterfront - Peter Cole
Submitted by Dan Radnika on Feb 16 2012 20:34
Chapter 4 of "Wobblies on the waterfront-interracial unionism in progressive-era Philadelphia" by Peter Cole, an excellent text about the American IWW in the early 20th century, and interestingly about some Wobblies' support of World War I.
Crossing the Color Lines, Crossing the Continents: Comparing the Racial Politics of the IWW in South Africa and the United States, 1905–1925
Submitted by red jack on Aug 7 2011 19:08
In two of the planet’s most highly racialized countries, South Africa and the United States, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, or “Wobblies”), were remarkable for their commitment to anti-racism. The broad anarchist tradition, including syndicalism, thus played an important role in struggles for national liberation and racial equality.
