2012
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(2012) “Work People’s College report back”
The following is a report back from the 2012 Work People’s College by two Wobblies from Vancouver. Originally appeared on the Vancouver IWW’s website on September 19, 2012. Summer 2012 saw the first IWW Work People’s College (WPC) held in decades, and Wobblies from around Canada joined our comrades in Minnesota for a week of… Continue reading
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(2012) “IWW report from the 30th SAC Congress” by x369425
A reportback of the 30th Congress of the Swedish syndicalist union, SAC. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker (December 2012) The IWW Norway General Membership Branch (GMB) was invited to send a delegation to the 30th congress of the Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation (SAC, or the Central Organization of the Workers of Sweden), in Gävle, Sweden,… Continue reading
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(2012) “Small time unionism” by Kevin S
Kevin S on the contradictions between being a union with more experience with smaller employers and growing to be able to exert power on bigger targets. Originally posted: July 15, 2012 at The Organizer An organization’s behavior is shaped as much or more by external “objective” conditions, and immediate real life circumstance, as by “subjective”… Continue reading
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(2012) “On direct unionism” by John O’Reilly
John O’Reilly reviews some of the perspectives laid out in “Direct unionism: a discussion paper“. Originally appeared on the Thoughts On the Struggle blog on March 3, 2012. A new pamphlet called Direct Unionism: A Discussion Paper, written by some IWW members, has stirred much discussion in the past months. I agree with much of… Continue reading
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(2012) “Direct unionism in practice: undermining service industry barriers to worker solidarity”
A piece written by some members of the Vancouver General Membership Branch of the IWW with the primary “intention of facilitating an introduction to Direct Unionism for service workers”. Originally appeared on libcom.org on February 25, 2012. Direct Unionism in Practice: Undermining Service Industry Barriers to Worker Solidarity Disclaimer: Our intentions for posting this response… Continue reading
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(2012) “Polarization past & present” by J. Pierce
An article by J Pierce on the polarization of society during revolutionary upsurges. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker (November 2012). Two summers ago, the Phoenix IWW held an event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Spanish Revolution. That same summer, while visiting a friend, I toured various abolitionist, African American, and Civil War historical… Continue reading
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(2012) “Is revolutionary unionism undemocratic and insincere?” by Nate Hawthorne
Nate Hawthorne argues against some common objections to revolutionary unionism. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker (December 2012). “Instead of the conservative motto, ‘A fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work,’” says the Preamble to our Constitution, “we must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, ‘Abolition of the wage system.’” Some anti-capitalists reject… Continue reading
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(2012) “Reviving an old tradition of educating IWW agitators: Work Peoples College” by Cedar Larson & Juan Conatz
A reportback of the IWW’s Work Peoples College, a week long workshop and training event meant to spread skills and share experiences within the union. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker (September 2012) The IWW is famous for its radical and inspiring history, and so an oftenheard criticism of Wobblies is that we are “stuck… Continue reading
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(2012) “Remembering FW Adam Briesemeister” by Erik Forman
An obituary of Twin Cities IWW member and anarchist organizer, Adam Briesemeister. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker (November 2012). On March 21 of this year, members of the IWW and broader community in the Twin Cities were shattered by the tragic news that our Fellow Worker Adam Briesemeister perished in a house fire early… Continue reading
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