Drawing on farmer populist movements and on the blue-collar campaign of the
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), America's unique version of socialism came very close to victory.
Green syndicalism,
Industrial Workers of the World, Earth First!, environmentalism, unionism
At the turn of the century, the
Industrial Workers of the World, or more affectionately the Wobblies, were undoubtedly the most flamboyant and colorful labor union in the United States, if not in the world.
Perhaps best known for his still unsurpassed study of early twentieth-century radical labor published in 1969, We Shall Be All: A History of the
Industrial Workers of the World, Dubofsky in subsequent years focused on exploring the relationship between labor and the state, and, more recently, on placing U.S.
The Mattachine Society was established in the 1950S during the heyday of McCarthyism by Harry Hay, a Marxist who first learned organizing skills in the
Industrial Workers of the World. The Stonewall Rebellion of 1969, which gave birth to the modern lgbt liberation movement, was not led by the corporate elite, but by working-class people, primarily transgendered people of color who were fed up with bar raids and arrests by the New York City police.
These include the
Industrial Workers of the World, the Woman's Peace Party, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
"It serves to remember, it serves to remember," says featured writer Audre Lorde, pointing out that the tug-of-war between repressive and progressive social elements that existed between McCarthyism and the
Industrial Workers of the World 50 years ago is back in full throttle.
Last March, employees at a Philadelphia Borders launched a strong campaign to join the
Industrial Workers of the World, though the staff ultimately voted it down.
Unfortunately, the anarchists failed to get organized (insert joke here) because the anarchist setting up the event had a conflict with his
Industrial Workers of the World meeting.
It destroyed the
Industrial Workers of the World, a radical trade union that was against the war, and sent its top leadership to jail.