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The Wobblies (Original Post)
deutsey
Jan 2016
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2naSalit
(86,647 posts)1. Thanks!
Saving for later.
Warpy
(111,275 posts)2. Anyone interested in the history of the Wobblies needs this in his/her library
http://www.amazon.com/Solidarity-Forever-Oral-History-Iww/dp/094170212X
It's a history of the Wobblies in their own words. They were great, which is why the government pretty much destroyed them.
It's a history of the Wobblies in their own words. They were great, which is why the government pretty much destroyed them.
reACTIONary
(5,770 posts)3. LOL, they haven't been "destroyed " ....
..... they still exist. The IWW is not "abolished", it withers away.
Warpy
(111,275 posts)4. They were destroyed as a progressive force and you know it.
Yes, they're still around, the die hard offspring of die hard Wobblies still bearing the red card.
reACTIONary
(5,770 posts)8. They were not destroyed - and I might add, .....
You know it. They were overcome and made irrelevant by pragmatic progressives who were actually accomplished at bringing about change. If, indeed they were ever relevant at all to begin with.
This sort of romanticized infatuation with fringe extremists is a counter productive waste of time and energy.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)5. Great.
Bookmarking to look at later. Thanks.
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)6. Soft spot in my heart for Wobblies. Always. nt
malthaussen
(17,204 posts)7. My first high school research paper was about the Wobblies.
Pretty sure they don't even teach labor history in public schools anymore.
-- Mal