Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

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

Wisconsin IWW international solidarity letter

Appeal for solidarity from the Madison, Wisconsin Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) branch.

Kill the Bill: The Power of a General Strike

Pamphlet produced by the Madison IWW advocating a general strike to fight the Governor of Wisconsin's proposed bill that would end collective…

Wisconsin – Next Stop, the General Strike!

John E Jacobson gives a summary of the movement against Gov Walker's attack on pay, conditions and collective bargaining for state workers in…

Impressions of Madison

An account of a recent trip to the protests in Madison, Wisconsin, which have erupted over the Governors plan to revoke collective bargaining…

Union-buster's analysis of IWW

Article about the IWW from union-busting law firm, Seyfarth Shaw LLP which we reproduce for reference.

Second thoughts on revolutionary syndicalism - Marcel van der Linden

An academic article discussing what defines revolutionary syndicalism and the reasons for its…

'We are all leaders' : Anarchism and the narrative of the Industrial Workers of the World - Jonathan A. Christiansen

An article looking at anarchism and the IWW.

Paterson's Italian anarchist silk workers and the politics of race - Salvatore Salerno

This article traces the Paterson Italian anarchist groups and the repression they faced, as well as…

New Zealand Wobblies

IWW demonstration in Chile, early 20th century

Chile: anarchism, the IWW and the workers movement

Two articles on the history of the Chilean working class movement and its libertarian, revolutionary origins, examining in particular the…

Industrial Unionism: two pamphlets on the IWW in New Zealand

Industrial Unionism is a pamphlet with two local articles on the Industrial Workers of the World (I…

How to find Your Local Wobbly History by Robert P. Helms

Instructions on how to research historical Industrial Worker of the World information. From Anarcho-Syndicalist review #28, Spring 2000