Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

Selected comments excerpted from the literature of the Industrial Workers of the World -- http://iww.org/

• From the newspaper Industrial Worker
  • Some Definitions ["Direct Action"; "Sabotage"]Aug 1992
  • To Build Peace: Re-Organize World's Work!Mar 1983
  • That Lethal 'We'Aug-Sep 1982
  • Why Vote?Apr 1983
  • Wage Slaves DefinedJan 1983
  • If.... -- a History GameDec 1982
  • We Don't Have To Be IdleOctober 1982

• Posts in internet forums
  • Reclaiming 'Anarchism': the word1995 letter by three members

• From books and pamphlets
  • about industrial democracy an short excerpt from the I.W.W. pamphlet 'One Big Union'
  • about the use of political action from the I.W.W. pamphlet 'The General Strike'

• Leaflets
  • What Every Wage Worker Should Know About The IWW

• I recommend these external links
  • iww.org
  • iww.org : IWW Preamble
  • iww.org : literature
  • iww.org : graphics library
  • IWW organized at Starbucks
  • Article: Luther M. Gaylord, "Politics vs. Syndicalism: a Case Study of the IWW"
  • Article: Harry Siitonen, "The IWW -- It's First 100 Years"
  • Article: Joyce Kornbluh, "One Big Union: The Philosophy of Industrial Unionism"
  • IWW documents at marxists.org

• SLP criticism of the IWW
  • Pamphlet: Daniel De Leon, As To Politics, 1907
  • slp.org  >>  Statements  >>  How the SLP Differs From the IWW

• IWW Reply to the SLP
  • iww.org  >>  culture  >>  Myths About the IWW  >>  Myth #8 - The IWW was hijacked by anarchists in 1908 that purged socialists from the IWW at the 1908 Convention

• New Union Party criticism of the IWW
  • All local copies of New Unionist articles  >>  "De Leon outlined strategy for achieving democratic workplace, society" (2001)