Description
Book SynopsisA history of the global nature of the radical union, The Industrial Workers of the World
Trade Review'Finally! A book about the IWW that takes seriously their global self-description. This book is a landmark and a sea beacon in the history of the planetary proletariat' -- Marcus Rediker, author of Slave Ship: A Human History (John Murray, 2008)
'A splendid project and a vitally important contribution to the understanding of labor as a social movement.' -- Paul Buhle, author of Wobblies!: A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World (2005)
'As a second-generation member of the IWW, I am delighted to see this outstanding collection of essays on the Wobblies, their achievements, and their substantial impact despite severe repression' -- Noam Chomsky
'[A] valuable collection' -- Against the Current
'Fantastic' -- Labor Notes
'Recommended' -- CHOICE
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Transnational Influences on the IWW
1. 'A Cosmopolitan Crowd': Transnational Anarchists, the IWW and the American Radical Press - Kenyon Zimmer
2. Sabotage, the IWW and Repression: How the American Reinterpretation of a French Concept Gave Rise to a New International Conception of Sabotage - Dominique Pinsolle
3. Living Social Dynamite: Early Twentieth-Century IWW-South Asia Connections - Tariq Khan
4. IWW Internationalism and Interracial Organizing in the Southwestern United States - David M. Struthers
5. Spanish Anarchists and Maritime Workers in the IWW - Bieito Alonso
Part II: The IWW in the Wider World
6. The IWW and the Dilemmas of Labor Internationalism - Wayne Thorpe
7. The IWW in Tampico: Anarchism, Internationalism and Solidarity Unionism in a Mexican Port - Kevan Antonio Aguilar
8. The Wobblies of the North Woods: Finnish Labor Radicalism and the IWW in Northern Ontario - Saku Pinta
9. 'We Must Do Away with Racial Prejudice and Imaginary Boundary Lines': British Columbia’s Wobblies before the First World War - Mark Leier
10. Wobblies Down Under: The IWW in Australia - Verity Burgmann
11. Ki Nga Kaimahi Maori ('To All Maori Workers'): The New Zealand IWW and the Maori - Mark Derby
12. Patrick Hodgens Hickey and the IWW: A Transnational Relationship - Peter Clayworth
13. 'The Cause of the Workers Who Are Fighting in Spain is Yours': The Marine Transport Workers and the Spanish Civil War - Matthew White
14. Edith Frenette: A Transnational Radical Life - Heather Mayer
Part III: Beyond the Union: The IWW’s Influence and Legacies
15. Jim Larkin, James Connolly and the Dublin Lockout of 1913: The Transnational Path of Global Syndicalism - Marjorie Murphy
16. Tom Barker and Revolutionary Europe - Paula de Angelis
17. P. J. Welinder and 'American Syndicalism' in Interwar Sweden - Johan Pries
18. 'All Workers Regardless Of Craft, Race Or Color': The First Wave of IWW Activity and Influence in South Africa - Lucien van der Walt
19. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp: The Songs of Joe Hill Around the World - Bucky Halker
Notes on Contributors
Index
