Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

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

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

The Brotherhood of Timber Workers 1910-1913: A radical response to industrial capitalism in the southern USA

A journal article by James R. Green on the the violent struggle between the…

Sketch of T.W. Thibedi.

Dunbar, Thibedi, Sigamoney: Three figures in the IWW in South Africa

The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, the Wobblies) was the main influence on the radical left…

Wobblies and Zapatistas

Wobblies and Zapatistas: conversations on anarchism, Marxism and radical history

Andrej Grubacic is an anarchist from the Balkans. Staughton Lynd is a lifelong pacifist, influenced…

IWW cleaners picket

City of London Corporation cleaners say: Occupy Guildhall!

Cleaners are staging a sit in at the Corporation of London’s Guildhall in protest at the inadequate…

Solidarity against sexism on the shop floor

IWW member Angel Gardner goes over some ways of fighting sexism in the workplace through direct action.

My body, my rules: a case for rape and domestic violence survivors becoming workplace organizers

Liberté Locke, a Starbucks Workers Union organizer, writes about how violence at…

Debate on 'direct unionism'

Collection of letters, articles and responses mostly from the IWW's Industrial Worker around the 'Direct Unionism' discussion paper.

Workers' power

Articles from 'Workers Power', a regular column in the Industrial Workers of the World's Industrial Worker newspaper.

A review of “Weakening the dam”

A review of 'Weakening the Dam', a pamphlet put out by the Twin Cities IWW branch for the purpose of promoting the development of workplace…

Wesley Everest, IWW Martyr

An academic article about the life of Wesley Everest, a Wobbly who was lynched by an angry mob after defending the IWW hall in Centralia,…

The general strike that didn't happen: a report on the activity of the IWW in Wisconsin

This is a report written by two IWW organizers from out of state on the activities of the union…