IWW

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This video talks about the IWW.

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This is a video on the IWW.

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The IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) aka "Wobblies" are an international union started in 1905 that advocates such Socialist/Anarchist ideas as the abolition of the wage system and self-management.

The first IWW charter in Canada, Vancouver Industrial Mixed Union no.322, May 5, 1906.

[|Joseph J. Ettor], who had been arrested in 1912, giving a speech to barbers on strike

Here is the link to the IWW union page. Apparently they are working on unionizing Starbucks which is strange given that the corporation of Starbucks is known for treating their workers well, including providing healthcare insurance to part time employees. []

Before the strike in Paterson, there was the Bread and Roses Strike in Lawrence Mass.

[|Boston Yiddish Chorus rendition of "Bread and Roses.]

Here is a counter to the IWW page calling it the "Marxist" internet archive: []

Here is a link to a story written by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (Rebel Girl) referred to in the text of "Molly's Job" on page 48. []

Read John Reed's article [|"War on Paterson,"] referenced on 49 of the text. Here's a link to a [|biography of John Reed.]

1913 photo of [|Paterson silk strike] leaders [|Patrick Quinlan], [|Carlo Tresca], [|Elizabeth Gurley Flynn], [|Adolph Lessig], and Haywood.

Here is a link to a poem written by Arturo Giovaniti while in jail in 1912 to Joe Ettor. []



Here is a link to a transcribed story by Mary Heaton Vorse. In the 30th paragraph she discusses the personalities of Joe Ettor and Arturo Giovanti. The story, her recollection, is pretty interesting as well. []

Mary Heaton Vorse was a journalist and close friend to Elizabeth Flynn. Here is a link to A chronology of American radicalism through the life of the foremost pioneer of labor journalism in the U.S. []

Little Red Songbook Songs played a big part in spreading message of the One Big Union. This is a [|link] to the website of some of the songs that are in this book. The book still today continues to be updates