World labor needs a union - Fred Thompson A 1969 pamphlet written by Fred Thompson and produced by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) about potential worldwide union coordination…
Thompson and Cogan debate opportunism An article by x22063 describing a 1932 debate between Fred Thompson of the IWW and J. Cogan of the Communist Party USA-aligned Trade Union Unity League, in Duluth, Minnesota. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker, March 8, 1932 (Vol. 14, No. 60, Whole No. 793).
Industrial Worker (March 8, 1932) Articles from the March 8, 1932 (Vol. 14, No. 60, Whole No. 793) issue of the Industrial Worker, the newspaper of the revolutionary union, the…
Rank-and-file rule: what it is, and what it isn't - Fred Thompson An article by Fred Thompson about what he sees as the rank-and-file control of the Industrial…
The One Big Union Monthly (June 1937) The June 1937 issue of The One Big Union Monthly, with articles on Mexico's labor movement and a traveling delegate in the Pacific Northwest…
Speeches of Fred Thompson, 1970 Transcripts from a series of lectures by Fred Thompson given to the Canadian Student Federation in 1970.
Fellow worker: the autobiography of Fred Thompson The autobiography of Fred W. Thompson - socialist, Wobbly, organizer, soapboxer, editor, class-war prisoner, educator, historian, and publisher…
The One Big Union Monthly (March 1938) The March 1938 issue of The One Big Union Monthly, with articles on the Spanish Civil War, syndicalism in Western Europe, and Work Peoples…
The One Big Union Monthly (September 1937) The September 1937 issue of IWW journal The One Big Union Monthly, with articles by John Sershon, Covington Hall, x302661, Fred Thompson, Joseph…
They didn't suppress the Wobblies - Fred Thompson An article by Fred Thompson contesting the myth that the IWW was smashed by repression during World War I.
Wobbly Fred Thompson on the 30s depression - Studs Terkel The late Wobbly veteran, in conversation with the late Studs Terkel, looks back on his experience in…
