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...meeting last night, the council passed a resolution supporting the right of Starbucks employees to organize under the aegis of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or "Wobblies," a union made famous in the early 20th century for a brand of radical socialism known as “anarcho-syndicalism.” The IWW advocates “aboliton of the wage system” on its website...
...Polish example provides irony, it also provides instruction, in this case for American labor. The basics of the movement that has begun to free Poland are not too hard to understand, especially for anyone who has read of the International Workers of the World (the IWW, the Wobblies). Solidarity is what Big Bill Haywood meant when he talked about "one big industrial union," able to bring a repressive, exploitative government of the bosses to its feet by the threat of a massive work stoppage. The Poles want a free press, mass on television, a full ration of meat, new faces...
...IWW: County jail, Cleveland, Ohio...
...IWW: City jail, Akron, Ohio...
...IWW: No, I'm an Industrial Worker of the World...