Rebel voices : an IWW anthology / edited by Joyce L. Kornbluh ; introduction by Fred Thompson ; "A short treatise on Wobbly cartoons" by Franklin Rosemont ; preface by Daniel Gross.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Industrial Workers of the World.

Kornbluh, Joyce L.

Thompson, Fred, 1900-1987.

Rosemont, Franklin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor unions--History.

Labor unions.

Industrial Workers of the World--History.

Industrial Workers of the World.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (481 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : PM Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), commonly known as the Wobblies, were among the most well-respected and largest unions in the United States in the early 20th century. Having organized the first major automobile industry strike as well as major coalfield and transit workers strikes, the IWW has a history of being a fierce advocate for the worker. Long before most other unions, IWW welcomed women, African-Americans, and immigrants into their ranks, making the Wobblies among the most progressive organizations of the era. As the only compr

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Preface to the First Edition; One Big Union: The Philosophy of Industrial Unionism; With Folded Arms: The Tactics of Direct Action; Riding the Rails: I.W.W. Itinerants; Soapbox Militants: Free Speech Campaigns 1908-1916; Joe Hill: Wobbly Bard; Bread and Roses: The 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike; Paterson: 1913; Organizing the Harvest Stiffs; Lumberjacks: North and South; Down in the Mines; Behind Bars: War and Prison; An I.W.W. Miscellany: 1924-1964

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-419) and index.

ISBN:

1-60486-846-5

OCLC:

830163295