Peter Cole: A Global History of the IWW (2018) [LEC, ENG]

Wobblies of the World: A Global History of the IWW Industrial Workers of the World ​Meetings # 3,461 - Edited by Peter Cole, PhD, Western Illinois University “The Industrial Workers of the World is a union unlike any other. Founded in 1905 in Chicago, it rapidly gained members across the world thanks to its revolutionary, internationalist outlook. By using powerful organising methods including direct-action and direct-democracy, it put power in the hands of workers. This philosophy is labeled as `revolutionary industrial unionism’ and the members called, affectionately, `Wobblies’. This book is the first to look at the history of the IWW from an international perspective. Bringing together a group of leading scholars, it includes lively accounts from a number diverse countries including Australia, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Sweden and Ireland, which reveal a fascinating story of global anarchism, syndicalism and socialism. Drawing on many important figures of the movements s