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The IWW was started in 1905 by "seasoned old unionists," as Gene Debs called them,1 who realized that American labor could not win with the sort of labor movement it had.
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criminal syndicalism, solidarity unionism, marine transport workers, small union, general defense committee, fink hall, labor alliance, brewery workmen, free speech fighters, rustling card, lumber strike, national industrial union, pay boost, workers industrial union, lumber workers, wage boost, job branch, industrial solidarity, job delegates, free speech fights, metal miners, unfair labor practice charges
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Its First, Industrial Worker, New York, Western Federation, Labor History, United States, General Sources, San Francisco, Joe Hill, Socialist Party, World War, West Coast, Daily People, Frank Little, Mine Mill, Industrial Union, General Executive Board, Anarcho-Syndicalist Review, International Socialist Review, Pacific Northwest Quarterly, San Pedro, National Screw, History of Labor, One Big Union, Getting Started
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