Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

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

Vanguard (Vol. 4, No. 5 & 6, November 1938)

The November 1938 issue of Vanguard, an anarchist journal published out of New York, with articles by Sam Dolgoff, Rudolf Rocker, and Christiaan…

Durruti wasn’t about reformist unionism, comrade..

Durruti was a revolutionary unionist (and don't you forget it!)

A response by Juan Conatz to a blog that criticizes the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

The Industrial Union Bulletin: an introduction and appraisal - Melvyn Dubofsky

A short history by Melvyn Dubofsky of the Industrial Union Bulletin, an early IWW newspaper…

Frank Cedervall (Circa 1935) Source: IWW General Organizational Bulletin, April

1972 IWW convention keynote speech by Frank Cedervall

The transcript of a 1972 speech by Frank Cedervall, who was involved in the IWW during the 1930s…

1970 oral history interview with Irving Abrams – Frank Ninkovich

An oral history interview with Jewish anarchist and Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) member,…

Speeches of Fred Thompson, 1970

Transcripts from a series of lectures by Fred Thompson given to the Canadian Student Federation in 1970.

1972 oral history with Esther and Sam Dolgoff – Ann Allen

An oral history interview with long-time anarcho-syndicalist and Industrial Workers of the World …

1972 oral history interview with Henry Pfaff

An oral history interview with long-term Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) member, Henry Pfaff, conducted in 1972.

Defenders of business: the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association VS. labor during WW1 - William Millikan

An article by William Millikan about strikebreaking in Minneapolis during the First…

Cannery R.O.W.: The AFL, the IWW, and Bay Area Italian Cannery Workers - Elizabeth Reis

A paper by Elizabeth Reis of a strike of mostly Italian cannery workers in San Francisco during the…

Solidarity in spring: challenging racist violence at Portland’s May Day 2015

A look at where the violence of the police took the stage at 2015's May Day event.

Did Commies kill Wobblies during the Spanish Civil War? - Raymond S. Solomon

An article by Raymond S. Solomon about Stalinist repression during the Spanish Civil War.