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The Relationship Between the Industrial Workers of the World and the Communist Party Shortly After World War I
… government, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) separated themselves from the rest of the labor unions because of their success in executing general strikes and their brash appeal. The group advocated tactics which, the organization believed, would strengthen the country's labor movement, …
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The Rathole Archipelago : industrial pioneers in a hammershop of hell, reflections of the I.W.W. in fiction.
… States, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), on the lives of two fictional heroes: Janet Bumpus in Winston Churchill's The Dwelling Place of Light (1917) and Waclaw Krasinski in W. E. Trautmann and Peter Hagboldt's Riot (c.1922). Churchill was one of the most popular writers of his day, …
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Fanning the Flames of Discontent: The Free Speech Fight of the Kansas City Industrial Workers of the World and the Making of Midwestern Radicalism
… workers employed in industry would not work. The IWW recognized that Kansas City, geographically and economically, attracted migrant workers and immigrant workers who were eager to find employment. Industries such as textiles, railroad construction, and meatpacking formed the backbone of Kansas …
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Indispensable Outcasts: Seasonal Laborers and Community in the Upper Midwest, 1880--1930
… (AWO) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) provides the backdrop for analysis of how communities in the upper midwest handled the seasonal influx of outside labor. Towns discussed include Mitchell, Redfield and Aberdeen, South Dakota; Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot, North Dakota; Sioux …
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The purpose, role and impact of ‘Through the Gate’ mentoring in the resettlement of prisoners and well-being of their families
… of research focuses upon Invisible Walls Wales (IWW), a mentoring service for prisoners and their families and expands the emphasis to shed light upon the impact of ‘Whole Family’ mentoring delivered within a multi-agency context on the lives of ex-prisoners, their families and children. …
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Hobohemia on the plains: labor, leisure, and industrial discipline in Kansas City, 1873-1915
… the syndicalist Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) eyed the same group of itinerant workers as a population ripe for organization. Locally, these movements culminated in the formation of the Board of Public Welfare and the Agricultural Workers Organization (AWO), respectively. Recent works on …