Gifts of the IWW
Against The Current vol. 117
Feinberg, Joseph Grim
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/51
Date Written: 2005-07-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2005
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13161
In June of this year, the Industrial Workers of the World celebrates 100 years of existence—a glorious and terrible 100 years. The IWW experienced the state-sponsored murder of its bravest members, most famously when "Wobbly Bard" Joe Hill was executed in 1915, having been framed for murder. It lived through years of slander and repression; limped along, still proud and singing, through decades when its membership dropped ever closer toward zero; and remains, not only as a piece of history, but as a force in the present and an inspiration for the future.
