Review: Local 8 shows interracial unionism key to victory
A review by Matt White of Peter Cole's book, Wobblies on the Waterfront: Interracial Unionism in Progressive- Era Philadelphia.
Ben Fletcher, Local 8, and Me - Peter Cole
An article by author Peter Cole about his fascination with the historical IWW's storied 'Local 8'.
Review: Ben Fletcher of Local 8 Docks
A review by Jon Bekken of Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly, a book edited by Peter Cole.
Ben Fletcher: portrait of a black syndicalist
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Sep 21 2014 22:20
A biography of black IWW member and organiser Ben Fletcher, written by Jeff Stein. Originally appeared in the Libertarian Labor Review (Summer 1987) Scanned by Juan Conatz. Materials courtesy of Twin Cities IWW archives.
100 Years Ago: The Philadelphia dockers strike and Local 8 of the IWW - Mouvement Communiste and Kolektivně proti Kapitălu
A text published to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of an important strike launched by the IWW on the Philadelphia docks, analysing both the strengths and weaknesses of the IWW at the time.
Also made available as PDF and MOBI (Kindle) files.
A 100-year-old idea that could transform the labor movement
An article by Daniel Gross suggesting that the old Local 8 of the IWW has lessons to teach the labor movement of today.
Philadelphia's lords of the docks: interracial unionism wobbly style - Peter Cole
Submitted by Dan Radnika on Feb 27 2013 20:19
A short paper written by Peter Cole for the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (July 2007)
Ben Fletcher, IWW organizer
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Sep 8 2012 22:53
An essay on Ben Fletcher's efforts as an IWW organizer.
Quakertown blues: Philadelphia's longshoremen and the decline of the IWW
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Aug 27 2012 07:07
An essay by Peter Cole on the relationship between the IWW and Communism and how the collapse of the IWW had much to do with postwar events, including internal conflicts over centralization and Communism, rather than only wartime repression.
War on the waterfront - Peter Cole
Submitted by Dan Radnika on Feb 16 2012 20:34
Chapter 4 of "Wobblies on the waterfront-interracial unionism in progressive-era Philadelphia" by Peter Cole, an excellent text about the American IWW in the early 20th century, and interestingly about some Wobblies' support of World War I.
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