Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

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

IWW pyramid of class relations

The north London IWW in the 1st World War - Ken Weller

A chapter from Weller's excellent Don't be a Soldier! - the radical anti-war movement in north…

'Wobblies Down Under': Joe Hill, the New Zealand IWW and censorship during World War One

MP3 download of a radio documentary on Joe Hill and the IWW in New Zealand,…

Counterpoint: Response To Juan Conatz’s Take On “Direct Unionism”

An IWW member argues against some of the perspectives laid out in 'Direct Unionism: A Discussion…

IWW General Defense Committee Statement in Support of Occupy Wall Street

Solidarity statement from the General Defense Committee of the Industrial Workers of the World

Interview with the IASR (Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative from Romania)

The current October issue of the “Industrial Worker” of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)…

Industrial Unionism

A speech advocating industrial unionism by frequent Socialist Party of America candidate and one of the IWW founders, Eugene Debs.

Socialist Reconstruction of Society

An address delivered in Union Temple, Minneapolis, Minn., July 10, 1905 Originally titled The Preamble of the IWW

IWW – Major gains at Heron Tower dispute

Industrial Workers of the World Cleaners and Allied Grades Branch has secured significant gains to the benefit of low-paid cleaning staff

The IWW and the Profintern

The exchange between the USSR directed Red International of Labour Unions (a.k.a. the Profintern) and the IWW.

Response to “Direct Unionism: A Discussion Paper”

A response by a member of the Seattle-based Black Orchid Collective to 'Direct Unionism: A Discussion Paper'

Crossing the Color Lines, Crossing the Continents: Comparing the Racial Politics of the IWW in South Africa and the United States, 1905–1925

In two of the planet’s most highly racialized countries, South Africa and the…

Mottos and watchwords: a discussion of politics and mass organizations

Nate Hawthorne takes on some of the contradictions of revolutionary unionism and mass organizations.