Wobblies of the World

Peter Cole is Professor of History at Western Illinois University and Research Associate at the Society, Work and Development Institute, University of the Witwatersrand. He is the author of Wobblies on the Waterfront (University of Illinois Press, 2007) and editor of Wobblies of the World (Pluto, 2017).David M. Struthers is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen. He is the editor of Wobblies of the World (Pluto, 2017).Kenyon Zimmer is Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is the author of Immigrants Against the State (University of Illinois Press, 2015) and the editor of Wobblies of the World (Pluto, 2017).

'Finally! A book about the IWW that takes seriously their global self-description. This book is a landmark and a sea beacon in the history of the planetary proletariat'

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: Transnational Influences on the IWW1. 'A Cosmopolitan Crowd': Transnational Anarchists, the IWW and the American Radical Press - Kenyon Zimmer2. Sabotage, the IWW and Repression: How the American Reinterpretation of a French Concept Gave Rise to a New International Conception of Sabotage - Dominique Pinsolle3. Living Social Dynamite: Early Twentieth-Century IWW-South Asia Connections - Tariq Khan4. IWW Internationalism and Interracial Organizing in the Southwestern United States - David M. Struthers5. Spanish Anarchists and Maritime Workers in the IWW - Bieito AlonsoPart II: The IWW in the Wider World6. The IWW and the Dilemmas of Labor Internationalism - Wayne Thorpe7. The IWW in Tampico: Anarchism, Internationalism and Solidarity Unionism in a Mexican Port - Kevan Antonio Aguilar8. The Wobblies of the North Woods: Finnish Labor Radicalism and the IWW in Northern Ontario - Saku Pinta9. 'We Must Do Away with Racial Prejudice and Imaginary Boundary Lines': British Columbia’s Wobblies before the First World War - Mark Leier10. Wobblies Down Under: The IWW in Australia - Verity Burgmann11. Ki Nga Kaimahi Maori ('To All Maori Workers'): The New Zealand IWW and the Maori - Mark Derby12. Patrick Hodgens Hickey and the IWW: A Transnational Relationship - Peter Clayworth13. 'The Cause of the Workers Who Are Fighting in Spain is Yours': The Marine Transport Workers and the Spanish Civil War - Matthew White14. Edith Frenette: A Transnational Radical Life - Heather MayerPart III: Beyond the Union: The IWW’s Influence and Legacies15. Jim Larkin, James Connolly and the Dublin Lockout of 1913: The Transnational Path of Global Syndicalism - Marjorie Murphy16. Tom Barker and Revolutionary Europe - Paula de Angelis17. P. J. Welinder and 'American Syndicalism' in Interwar Sweden - Johan Pries18. 'All Workers Regardless Of Craft, Race Or Color': The First Wave of IWW Activity and Influence in South Africa - Lucien van der Walt19. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp: The Songs of Joe Hill Around the World - Bucky HalkerNotes on ContributorsIndex