Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

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

drawing of IWW dockers

War on the waterfront - Peter Cole

Chapter 4 of "Wobblies on the waterfront-interracial unionism in progressive-era Philadelphia" by Peter Cole, an excellent text about the…

A golden bridge: a new look at William Z. Foster, the Great Steel Strike, and the “boring-from-within” controversy

A piece about William Z. Foster and the myth that had arisen around the "boring…

Compositional power

Turbulence chats with 2 members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) about solidarity unionism, and gets their perspective on winning,…

Anti-Capitalist Bloc at the RNC: an IWW report

An account of the 2008 Republican National Convention protests in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Albert Young

A revolutionary youth - Harold Edwards

Harold Edwards' reminiscences of his life as an Anarchist and Wobbly in early 20th century London.

Pizza Hut day of action in Liverpool

Liverpool Solidarity Federation picketed two Pizza Hut branches in solidarity with the IWW day of action.

Bakunin’s heirs in South Africa: race and revolutionary syndicalism from the IWW to the International Socialist League, 1910–21

Lucien van der Walt disputes the prevailing discourse of the Communist school,…

George Garrett (third from left)

Garrett, George, 1896-1966

A short account of George Garrett, Liverpool Wobbly and working class writer.

A trip down CrimethInc’s memory hole: 2010-2011 in review, reviewed.

Cautiously Pessimistic blog analyses and critiques Crimethinc's piece on the UK anti-austerity…

Main graphic for Starbucks union-busting protest flyer

Starbucks protest graphics and flyers, 2008

Graphics for a flyer created in 2008, Australia. On 24 April 2008, Starbucks fired barista Monica in Sevilla, Spain, for her activity on behalf…

Little Red Coloring Book

Little red colouring book

A kids coloring book made by the anarcha-feminist group, Kidz City of Baltimore, USA. "Some of the pages tell a little bit about labor organizers…

International Syndicalist Congress 1913

The origins of the IWW in Britain: the two Georges

A short account of the activities of the IWW in setting up a section in Britain