On May Day 1919, in the immediate aftermath of World War I, a general strike began that shut down all economic activity in Winnipeg, Canada. The general strikes that took place in Glasgow, Scotland in January 1919, in Seattle in …
FE Author: Eric Thomas Chester
100 Years Later, Government Repression Has Not Stopped the IWW
by Eric Thomas Chester
Fifth Estate # 402, Winter 2019
A hundred years ago, in September 1918, more than a hundred leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) were convicted of conspiracy to obstruct World War I. The trial marked a critical turning point for the union and …
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