Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

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

Vincent St. John speaking at IWW WFM Hall (1907)

The economic argument for industrial unionism - Vincent St. John

An article by Vincent St. John discussing industrial unionism as practiced by the Industrial Workers…

CNT-F

ICL-CIL referendum 2025: results are in

A short article detailing recent decisions made by the anarcho-syndicalist/revolutionary syndicalist International Confederation of Labor.

Wobblies of the world

Book Review: Wobblies of the world: a history of globetrotting troublemakers

A review by Eric Dirnbach of the book Wobblies of the World: A Global History of the IWW.

IWW banner

Consciousness, revolution, and the IWW - Jade Saab

A critique by Jade Saab, a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in the UK, of Marianne Garneau’s “Workplace Struggles Are…

Trade Union Unity League

The Trade Union Unity League: American Communists and the transition to industrial unionism: 1928-1934

A paper by Edward P. Johanningsmeier detailing mostly developments in the Communist…

Industrial Solidarity (June 15, 1925)

Industrial suicide: understanding the 1924 split of the Industrial Workers of the World - Cameron Molyneux

A paper by Cameron Molyneux that blames infighting over Communism, organizational…

Some thoughts on the IWW union debate in the US

A response by a member of Angry Workers of the World to Tyler Zee's critique of the IWW.

narrow streams

A gigantic network of narrow streams: ditching the formal IWW and building the real - Tyler Zee

A 2017 critique of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) by some members about…

IWW office raid

IWW 1919

An uncredited article, possibly by editor John Sandgren, about the the IWW's experiences in 1919, including an overview of unprecedented government and vigilante repression. Originally…

strategy tactics

Future of the I.W.W. Part 2: The Structural and Strategic Roots of the Anti-GEB Movement

An August 2017 article by Anton Johannsen of the IWW union caucus, the Industrial…

The Union On Our Own Terms

The union on our own terms - Alexis Buss

A 2006 pamphlet produced by the IWW of Alexis Buss’ writings on ‘minority unionism’, which was the base of which later became what the IWW would…

I.W.W. Convention - S.W. (Sam Dolgoff)

An account by S.W. (Sam Dolgoff) of the 1938 IWW Convention in which he expresses support for the potential decision of the IWW to allow collective bargaining agreements and regret for the decision to not affiliate with the International Workingmens Association. Dolgoff was a longtime IWW member who also participated in a number of anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist groups and publications. Originally appeared in…