One Big Union Of All The Workers: Solidarity And The Fighting IW

One Big Union Of All The Workers: Solidarity And The Fighting IWW/John Newsinger/ 2017/EPUB/

English|Non-Fiction|ISBN-13: 978-1910885567|72pg|524kb|Bookmarks


For over a decade from their foundation in 1905 in the USA, the Industrial Workers of the World (the IWW or Wobblies) fought tirelessly for socialist revolution.

They forged a union movement that took up the struggle for the rights of women, immigrant and black workers at a time when other trade unions were busy dividing workers and colluding with employers.

'The Wobblies' courage and ingenuity continue to inspire new generations of socialists and trade unionists. This book looks at some of the most important IWW battles and the lessons we can draw from them today.

John Newsinger is the author of numerous books including Orwell’s Politics (Macmillan, 2000); Fighting Back: The American Working Class in the 1930s (Bookmarks, 2012); The Blood Never Dried: A People’s History of the British Empire (Bookmarks, 2013); Jim Larkin & the Great Dublin Lockout of 1913 (Bookmarks, 2014); British Counterinsurgency (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015); The Revolutionary Journalism of Big Bill Haywood: On the Picket Line with the IWW (Bookmarks, 2016) and co-author with Tim Sanders of the graphic novel 1917: Russia’s Red Year (Bookmarks, 2016)