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I.W.W. Digital Collection

Founded in Chicago in 1905 as a radical answer to the American Federation of Labor's acceptance of capitalism and exclusion of unskilled workers from unions, the I.W.W. became notorious as the only labor organization to oppose American participation in World War I. Collection Documents mostly date from the post-war 1920s, when anti-radical sentiment lead to harassment and prosecution of I.W.W. members.

Items in the I.W.W. collection:
Sample image of Constitutional Government Overthrown in West Virginia
Constitutional Government Overthrown in West Virginia
Wheeling, W. Va.: Majority Company, [1913?]
IWW
Sample image of Cut Down the Hours of Work!
Cut Down the Hours of Work!
[Chicago, Illinois: Industrial Workers of the World, 1923?]
IWW
Sample image of Education and System. The Basis of Organization
Education and System. The Basis of Organization
Chicago: IWW, [1925?]
IWW
Sample image of Eight Men Buried Alive: the Centralia Case Calls to Every Decent Man and Woman in the State of Washington to Act Quickly
Eight Men Buried Alive: the Centralia Case Calls to Every Decent Man and Woman in the State of Washington to Act Quickly
Chicago: General Defense Committee, 1924
IWW
Sample image of Everett Massacre
Everett Massacre
Chicago: IWW Publishing Bureau, 192?
Smith, Walker C.
Sample image of Evolution and the IWW
Evolution and the IWW
San Fransisco: California Branch of the General Defense Committee, [192?]
IWW General Defense Committee. California Branch
No thumbnail available
Farewell Fellow Worker: Eugene Nelson 1929-1999
iww-news@iww.org, July 1999
Cortez, Carlos
Sample image of General Construction Workers, Builders of America
General Construction Workers, Builders of America
Chicago: IWW, [1922?]
IWW
Sample image of Giant Industry and the IWW: against the concentrated power of modern big businesses put the concentrated power of workers
Giant Industry and the IWW: against the concentrated power of modern big businesses put the concentrated power of workers
Chicago: IWW, [1921?]
IWW
Sample image of Historical Catechism of American Unionism
Historical Catechism of American Unionism
Chicago: 1923?
IWW
Sample image of IWW Statement
IWW Statement
[San Pedro, Calif.: I. W. W. Publicity Committee, 1924]
IWW
Sample image of Justice and the IWW
Justice and the IWW
Chicago: General Defense Committee, [192-?]
Brissenden, Paul Frederick
Sample image of One Big Union of the IWW
One Big Union of the IWW
Chicago: IWW, [1924?]
IWW
Sample image of Persecution of Union Men in California: A Brief Story of Criminal Syndicalism and Petty Persecution
Persecution of Union Men in California: A Brief Story of Criminal Syndicalism and Petty Persecution
[Los Angeles?: IWW?, 1924?]
IWW
Sample image of The Centralia Conspiracy
The Centralia Conspiracy
[S.1.: s.n., 1920?]
Chaplin, Ralph
No thumbnail available
The Centralia conspiracy [Introd. by Eugene Nelson.]
Austin: Work Place Publishers, [pref. 1971]
Chaplin, Ralph
Sample image of The IWW and Political Parties
The IWW and Political Parties
Chicago: IWW, [1924]
IWW
Sample image of The Open Letter to President Harding
The Open Letter to President Harding
Chicago: General Defense Committee, [1922?]
IWW
Sample image of To the Beasts: In California as in Ancient Rome
To the Beasts: In California as in Ancient Rome
San Fransisco: California Branch of the General Defense Committee, [1924?]
IWW