The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in Australia are better known for the stories told about them than for any document historical significance. Renowned for their audacity and hooliganism the 'Wobblies' were particularly notorious for their active opposition to World War I. This landmark book conveys the vitality and drama of Wobbly activity, and also assesses the impact of the IWW on Australian political and labour history. Drawing from an impressive range of sources, Verity Burgmann writes with vigour and passion about Wobbly culture, and describes their doctrines, methods and organisation. The book highlights the unique nature of the IWW in Australia, and traces Wobbly influence in much post-war activity. Now, with the widespread collapse of communism and the inadequacies of labour parties, the IWW, as an alternative form of revolutionary working-class politics, merits renewed investigation.
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."..the book makes an important contribution to the historiography of the Australian IWW. Burgmann brings new material and a fresh perspective to the study of industrial unionism by examining the important differences between the Australian IWW and the American IWW." Salvatore Salerno, American Historical Review
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Verity Burgmann writes with vigour and passion about the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in Australia. The book claims that this alternative form of revolutionary working-class politics has been undervalued. It describes the 'Wobblies' activities and culture, and their impact on Australian political history.
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Nearly eight decades have passed since the Bolshevik Revolution shook the world, and nine since the formation of the first federal Labor government in Australia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
revolutionary industrial unionism, deputy chief censor, advancing proletariat, criminal syndicalism legislation, conscription referendum, coloured workers, one big union, industrial solidarity, labor politicians, waterside workers, propaganda meetings, craft unionism, rebel girls, coloured labour, dual unionism, political surveillance, labour movement, militant workers, seditious conspiracy, trades hall, union bureaucrats, craft unionists, first referendum, unconditional release Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Communist Party, Tom Barker, Sydney Local, United States, Mick Sawtell, Tom Glynn, Donald Grant, First World War, Industrial Workers of the World, International Socialists, Labor Council, Monty Miller, Western Australia, Alf Wilson, Charlie Reeve, Melbourne Local, Ted Moyle, Dick Surplus, Norman Jeffery, Fred Coombe, Norman Rancie, Port Pirie, Sussex Street New!
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revolutionary industrial unionism, deputy chief censor, advancing proletariat, criminal syndicalism legislation, conscription referendum, coloured workers, one big union, industrial solidarity, labor politicians, waterside workers, propaganda meetings, craft unionism, rebel girls, coloured labour, dual unionism, political surveillance, labour movement, militant workers, seditious conspiracy, trades hall, union bureaucrats, craft unionists, first referendum, unconditional release Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Communist Party, Tom Barker, Sydney Local, United States, Mick Sawtell, Tom Glynn, Donald Grant, First World War, Industrial Workers of the World, International Socialists, Labor Council, Monty Miller, Western Australia, Alf Wilson, Charlie Reeve, Melbourne Local, Ted Moyle, Dick Surplus, Norman Jeffery, Fred Coombe, Norman Rancie, Port Pirie, Sussex Street New!
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- Power Without Glory by Frank Hardy on page 1, page 2, and Back Matter
- Rebels of the Woods: The I.W.W. in the Pacific Northwest by Robert L. Tyler on page 134, and Back Matter
- The Poems of Lesbia Harford (Sirius books) by Drusilla Modjeska on page 270, and Back Matter
- First World War (History Broadsheets) by John Ray in Back Matter, and Index
- The Vedgymight History of Australia by C. Below in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- In Search of Revolution: International Communist Parties in the Third Period by Matthew Worley on page 267
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