{"product_id":"revolutionary-industrial-unionism-9780521476980","title":"Revolutionary Industrial Unionism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVerity Burgmann writes with vigour and passion about the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in Australia. The book claims that this alternative form of revolutionary working-class politics has been undervalued. It describes the 'Wobblies' activities and culture, and their impact on Australian political history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. 'Flowers to the rebels failed'; 2. 'On the industrial as well as on the political field': the IWW Clubs, 1905–1910; 3. 'Wild men from Yankeeland': the arrival of the Chicago IWW, 1910–1914; 4. 'Education, organisation, emancipation': the revolutionary project; 5. 'We, the hoboes': who were the Wobblies?; 6. 'No barriers of race': the challenge to working-class racism; 7. 'It's great to fight for freedom with a rebel girl': the answer to the Woman Question; 8. 'A real democracy': organisation and practice; 9. 'A poor day's work for a poor day's pay': ethics and economics, 10. 'Bump me into parliament': the critique of Labourism, 11. 'An injury to one an injury to all': direct industrial action, 12. 'Let those who own Australia do the fighting: opposing the war, 13. 'With the ferocity of a Bengal tiger': the state responds, 14. 'Set the twelve men free': the release campaign, 15. What happened to the Wobblies?","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767666639191,"sku":"9780521476980","price":28.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780521476980.jpg?v=1758714308","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/revolutionary-industrial-unionism-9780521476980","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}