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To: Neeka who wrote (121265)6/21/2005 2:53:44 PM
From: KLP  Respond to of 793697
 
Here's a cojuple of places to start on the Wobblies:

Wobblies was the popular name for the members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
www.ushistoryplace.com/glossary/w.html

The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, having much in common with anarcho-syndicalist unions, but also many differences. It contends that all workers should be united within a single union as a class and the profit system abolished. At its peak in 1923 the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing, and could marshall the support of perhaps 300,000 workers. Its membership declined drama
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wobblies



To: Neeka who wrote (121265)6/21/2005 3:22:29 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793697
 
Can't add much to KLP's response. My encounter was in a Centralia or Chehalis beer bar in the '70's. Couple nice old buzzards, but waaaayyy to the left.

One only had enough for one beer, maybe two bits at the time, and was too proud to let me buy him one.


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