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ARE WE TIRED of leftist infighting yet? The revolutionary fervor of two years ago is gradually dissipating into directionless, incessant debate over the correct path forward. Ours is not the first generation of radicals to be divided or silenced by liberal figureheads. A silver lining emerges, however, in the resurgent labor movement taking on Amazon and Starbucks, among other corporate and institutional giants. In recent years, a reawakening of worker militancy has rippled across the art world,...

An obituary and short biography of Russian-American labour organiser and anarcho-syndicalist Sam Dolgoff.

Remains to be Seen traces the ashes of Joe Hill from their distribution in Chicago to wartime New Zealand. Drawing on previously unseen archival material, it examines the persecution of anarchists, socialists and Wobblies in New Zealand during the First World War. It also explores how intense censorship measures—put in place by the National Coalition Government of William Massey and zealously enforced by New Zealand’s Solicitor-General, Sir John Salmond—effectively silenced and suppressed ...

The words "Stand and deliver!" conjure up images of handsome, gallant gentlemen on well-groomed horses, their faces hidden by masks, relieving carriage

Classic IWW pamphlet outlining the philosophy and practical activity of the IWW and their belief in the greatest weapon of the working class, the general strike.

An article by Fred Thompson contesting the myth that the IWW was smashed by repression during World War I.

A list of IWW pamphlets from the beginning of the 20th Century up until today.

A piece about William Z. Foster and the myth that had arisen around the "boring from within" strategy.

An important contribution to the history of the Industrial Workers of the World. A superb account by a rank'n'file Wobbly organiser; on the road, on the job, on strike, in jail, on the run, coast to coast...

Francis Shor analyses gender and masculinity in the Australian and American IWW of the 1910s-1920s.