The Brotherhood of Timber Workers 1910-1913: A radical response to industrial capitalism in the southern USA

Imprisoned union workers following the Grabow Riot of 7th July, 1912.

Imprisoned union workers following the Grabow Riot of 7th July, 1912.

A journal article by James R. Green on the the violent struggle between the Brotherhood of Timber Workers (BTW) and the lumber companies of Louisiana and Texas in 1911 and 1912. The Brotherhood, which joined the IWW in 1912, recruited thousands of black and white labourers in an era characterized by increasing social segregation and racial repression.

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Seattle shipyards: the strike begins

The Seattle general strike of 1919

The detailed official history of the strike, in which the city was taken over by the workers, by the History Committee of the General Strike…

The general strike that didn't happen: a report on the activity of the IWW in Wisconsin

This is a report written by two IWW organizers from out of state on the activities of the union…

A modern painting of the 1811 revolt

The German coast uprising of 1811

A short history of possibly the largest slave uprising in the United States, in Louisiana in 1811, written by Rhae Lynn Barnes.

Justice for the negro: How he can get it

A 1919 pamphlet put out by the Industrial Workers of the World in response to the widespread race rioting of that year.