Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

Content by or about the revolutionary union Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

One Big Union pamphlets

Some thoughts on updating the IWW's One Big Union pamphlet - Juan Conatz

A document circulated internally in the IWW in 2016 and 2022 about the potential revision of the One…

Obituary: Steve Kellerman

Long time IWW member and Boston labor activist Steve Kellerman died November 8, 2025 "after a year-long struggle with cancer. He was 84 and died peacefully at home surrounded by family."

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IWW GHQ Staff Union in Chicago files Unfair Labor Practice

An August 2025 statement from the staff union representing workers at the North American IWW's…

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We Shall Be All: A History of the Industrial Workers of the World - Melvyn Dubofsky

A history of the early IWW by the labor historian Melvyn Dubofsky.

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Special Anti-Patriotic Issue of the Industrial Worker (March 1912)

Extracts from the "Special Anti-Patriotic Issue" of the Industrial Worker magazine published in…

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The Real Fatherland - Mary Marcy

An editorial by Mary Marcy criticizing nationalism during the First World War.

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The Battle for Bread at Lawrence - Mary Marcy

A contemporary account of the 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike, appearing in the International Socialist Review, by the socialist writer Mary Marcy.

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Socialism: The Hope of the Working Class - Bill Haywood

Speech given by IWW co-founder "Big Bill" Haywood at the Cooper Union in New York City on 21…

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Picking Fights: Seventeen Years of Organizing in the Seattle Solidarity Network

In the following reflections, which were originally published through Crimethinc, participants in…

No Platform For Fascists!

One organizer’s perspective on what drew them to the General Defense Committee

A piece by x382089, who writes approvingly of the IWW's General Defense Committee. This was written…

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Solidarity With Laura Gomez

A statement of solidarity with Organization Secretary of the CGT-Barcelona, Laura Gómez, from the Industrial Workers of the World (UK)…

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The IWW is making labour anti-fascist again - Miriam Lafontaine

An article by Miriam Lafontaine covering the Industrial Worker of the World's anti-fascist efforts…