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Philip S. Foner. The Industrial Workers of the World, 1905-1917.

Biblioteca / 1960-1969

Philip S. Foner. History of the Labor Movement in the United States. Vol. 4: The Industrial Workers of the World, 1905-1917

Nueva York: International Publishers, 1965.

3ra reimpresión, 1997. 

608 páginas.

CONTENTS

PREFACE

1 – BIRTH OF THE l.W.W.

Preliminary Conferences

Industrial Union Manifesto

Revolutionary Syndicalism

Response to Call for June Convention

The Chicago Convention

Industrial Workers of the World

2 – THE MOYER, HAYWOOD, PETTIBONE CASE

The Assassination

Orchard’s “Confession”

The Kidnapping

Labor and Socialist Protests

Haywood Trial

3 – THE I.W.W., 1905-1907

Reaction to Formation of I.W.W.

I.W.W. Inroads on A.F. of L.

The Russian Revolution

I.W.W. Growth

I.W.W Leadership

Second I.W.W. Convention and First Split

Other Issues at 1906 Convention

W.F. of M. Leaves I.W.W.

Socialists and the I.W.W.

4 – THE I.W.W., 1907-1909

Progress in Organization

I.W.W. Strikes

Third I.W.W. Convention

Economic Crisis and the Unemployed

The Fourth Convention and the Second Split

Results of 1908 Convention

5 – COMPOSITION AND PRINCIPLES

Composition of the I.W.W.

Labor Solidarity

The Class Struggle

Religion, Patriotism, and Morality

The One Big Union

“Direct Action,” Strike Tactics, Immediate Demands

The General Strike and the New Society

Concept of Leadership

6 – IDEOLOGY AND TACTICS

Education

I.W.W. Songs: Joe Hill

Syndicalism, Sabotage, Violence

Political Action

7 – THE FREE SPEECH FIGHTS, 1909-1911

Pattern of I.W.W. Fights

Missoula, 1909

Spokane, 1909-10

Fresno, 1910-11

8 – THE FREE SPEECH FIGHTS, 1912-1914

Aberdeen, 1911-12

San Diego, 1912

Other Free Speech Fights, 1912-13

Kansas City, 1914

Decline and Achievements of Free Speech Fights

9 – ORGANIZING THE LUMBER AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

Conditions in Lumber Industry

I.W.W. in Lumber, 1905-12

Grays Harbor and Coos Bay

Weakness of I.W.W. in Lumber

Conditions of Construction Workers

The Canadian Northern Strike

I.W.W. Aecomplishments

10 – THE SOUTHERN LUMBER DRIVE

Conditions in Southern Lumber Industry

Formation of Brotherhood of Timber Workers

The 1911 Lockout

B. of T.W. Joins I.W.W.

The Grabow Affair

The Merryville Strike

Decline of B. of T.W.

11 – MIGRATORY FARM WORKERS: THE WHEATLAND AFFAIR

Should Small Farmers Be Organized?

Early Efforts to Organize Agricultural Workers

The Wheatland Strike

The Round-Up

Arrest and Trial of Ford and Suhr

The 1914 Strike

The 1915 Campaign

What the Wheatland Affair Accomplished

12 – ORGANIZING THE «HOME GUARD» IN STEEL

The McKees Rocks Strike

The Hammond Strike

The Struggle at New Castle

Results of Organizing Drive in Steel

13 – THE LAWRENCE STRIKE

Status of I.W.W. in East, 1911

Conditions in Lawrence Mills

Unionization before 1912

Organization of the Strike

Mass Picketing

Removal of the Children

14 – VICTORY AT LAWRENCE AND AFTER

Forces Against the Strikers

Arrest of Ettor and Giovannitti

Strikebreaking Role of A.F. of L.

Victory

Ettor-Giovannitti Defense Campaign

The Significance of the Lawrence Strike

15 – THE PATERSON STRIKE

Conditions in Paterson Silk Industry

The·1912 Strike

The 1913 Strike

Paterson’s Despotism

Role of the A.F. of L.

The Paterson Pageant

Defeat of Strikers

16 – AKRON AND DETROIT: RUBBER AND AUTO

Conditions in the Rubber Industry

The 1913 Strike

Reign of Terror Smashes Strike

Effect of Defeat

Status of Unionism in Auto Industry

The Studebaker Strike

Results of I.W.W. Drive

17 – THE SOCIALIST PARTY AND THE I.W.W., 1909-1914

Relations in 1910-11

Haywood Vs. Hillquit

Haywood’s Cooper Union Speech

Effect of Lawrence Strike

1912 Socialist Party Convention

Recall of Haywood

Results of Adoption of Article II, Section 6

18 – THE DEBATE OVER «BORING-FROM-WITHIN»

Role of William Z. Foster

Foster urges I.W.W. to adopt «Boring-from-Within»

Foster on «Revolutionary Tactics»

Formation of Syndicalist League of North America

Mann Urges I.W.W. to «Bore-from-Within»

I.W.W. rejects Mann’s Appeal

19 – THE I.W.W. AND THE UNEMPLOYED, 1913-1915

I.W.W. Organizes Unemployed on West Coast

Edmonton, Canada

Boston, Detroit, and New York

I.W.W. Activity in Winter of 1914-15

Sioux City Free-Speech Fight

Role of Government

Significance of Work of I.W.W.

20 – «WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE I.W.W.?»

Discussion in I.W.W. Press

Reasons for Failure to Grow

Reasons not Mentioned by Wobblies

Results of the Discussion

21 – THE AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ORGANIZATION

Formation of A.W.O.

Organizing Campaign

1916 Organizing Campaign

A.W.O. Organizing Methods

22 – THE MESABI RANGE STRIKE

The Workers and the Industry

Early Organization and Strikes

1916 Strike Begins

Violence Against Strikers

Arrest of I.W.W. Leaders

Local Support of Strikers

Action of State A.F. of L.

The Strike Continues

End of the Strike

The Legal Aftermath

23 – THE EVERETT MASSACRE

Beginning a New Push in Lumber

Prologue to Everett Free-Speech Fight

Free-Speech Fight Begins

Reign of Terror

Tragic Voyage of the Verona

Mass Arrest of Wobblies

Defense Campaign

Trial of Thomas H. Tracy

Tracy’s Acquittal and its Effect

24 – ON THE EVE OF AMERICA’S ENTRANCE INTO WORLD WAR I

Status of I.W.W.

Creating a New Image

I.W.W. and the War, 1914-17

Foreshadowing Wartime Repression