One Big Union Monthly
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(1921) “The Chilean I. W. W. Under the “White Terror” of Chilean Bourgeoisie”
An article from the Chilean IWW describing the massive government and vigilante repression the radical workers movement was facing. Originally appeared in the One Big Union Monthly (January 1921). The following translation of a letter received from a member of the Chilean I.W.W. is one of several communications received by us from authentic and reliable… Continue reading
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(1937) “November 11, fifty years ago” by Lucy Parsons
An article by Lucy Parsons about the Haymarket martyrs. Originally appeared in The One Big Union Monthly (November 1937). Once again on November 11 a memorial meeting will be held to commemorate the death of the Chicago Haymarket martyrs-1937 is the fiftieth anniversary and this meeting bids fair to be more widely observed than any… Continue reading
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(1937) “Aw, sit down!: notes on a new era of direct action” by Melvin W. Jackson
An article by Melvin W. Jackson about the wave of sitdown strikes across Europe and North America during the 1930s. Originally appeared in the One Big Union Monthly (January 1937). “A fantastic situation!” exclaims one weekly voice of American employers about sit-down strikes. “We are tired of having to get passes to enter our own… Continue reading
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(1937) Review: “The Revolution Betrayed” by Leon Trotsky
A critical review by Paul Mattick of Leon Trotsky’s book The Revolution Betrayed. Originally appeared in the One Big Union Monthly (November 1937). To those readers who are already acquainted with Trotsky’s ideas and the publications of his movement, his present book will be a disappointment as it contains little new material. In this review… Continue reading
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(1938) “Rank-and-file rule: what it is, and what it isn’t” by Fred Thompson
An article by Fred Thompson about what he sees as the rank-and-file control of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Originally appeared in the One Big Union Monthly (March 1938). We working people want to raise our wages, cut our hours, make our jobs safer and less injurious to our health and less unpleasant… Continue reading
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(1919) “The most important question” by Justus Ebert
An article by Justus Ebert summarizing the principles of industrial unionism. Originally appeared in the One Big Union Monthly (March 1919). THE question “What is industrial unionism?” may be said to be, in its essence, the most important of social questions. For industrial unionism is, in its final analysis, a method of social reconstruction. It… Continue reading
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(1920) “Solving the social problem through economic direct action” by John Sandgren
An article by John Sandgren which outlines his views on IWW organization and is critical of the Communist Party USA. Originally appeared in the One Big Union Monthly (October 1920). Solving the Social Problem Through Economic Direct Action A resolution, numbered 43, and adopted at the 12th annual convention of the I. W. W., in… Continue reading
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(1937) “A soldier returns: letter from an American fighter in the Durruti Column” by Bill Wood
A letter from an American trade unionist and member of the revolutionary union the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) about his experiences as a fighter in the Spanish Civil War and Revolution of 1936-9 in the International section of the anarchist Durruti Column. Originally appeared in the One Big Union Monthly (September 1937). Original… Continue reading
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(1920) “The One Big Union of Canada” by P.G. Anderson & C.B. Currie
A 1920 article describing conflict within the One Big Union in Canada over industrial vs. regional organization. Originally appeared in the One Big Union Monthly (December 1920). Two hostile camps have developed in the Canadian One Big Union. The one is fighting for a militant industrial form of an organization, the other for a geographical… Continue reading
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(1937) “The economics of fascism” by ?
An uncredited article on the economics of fascism. Originally appeared in The One Big Union Monthly (April 1937) I. In the days before fascism was heard of, the question whether socialism was inevitable was sometimes approached from this viewpoint: May not the contradictions of capitalism which make its indefinite continuation impossible, be dissolved by the… Continue reading
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