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A Union for Workers

Posted on October 29, 2026October 29, 2026 by X388133

x364181. Among much of the IWW today, there is an oft-unchallenged belief that the best way to build...

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Bandaid Brigade

Posted on October 22, 2026October 22, 2026 by FW Krobar X424069

I am a Shop Delegate for and member of the Bandaid Brigade Campaign, IU 610. We are an...

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Text above a cartoonish alarm clock reads “wake up” and the clock itself, in place of hours, says “Work” in the largest letters, with “commute,” “every other thing you gotta do,” “commute,” and two smaller sections for “free time” and “sleep.”

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Sweden’s Employment Protection Act Is a Joke

Posted on October 22, 2026October 16, 2026 by Rasmus Hästbacka

Art by Fitz. Labor lawyer Rasmus Hästbacka writes about Sweden’s supposedly strong legal protection for workers. I often...

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A worker is faced with two paths. One says class collaboration. The other path says class war. A black cat leads the way down the class war path. The other path has Uncle Sam and a shady character holding a trap for a worker to walk under that is labeled "NLRA," baited with a contract.

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Labor Relations Realism

Posted on September 30, 2026September 30, 2026 by Johnny Silence

Over the last 15 years labour activism has gone from being a marginal force on the left to...

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A solidarity protest in Oakland, CA on 10 September 2016. Photo (c) Bradley Allen

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Remembering the First Nationally Coordinated Prison Strike 10 Years Later

Posted on September 13, 2026September 13, 2026 by James Anderson

A solidarity protest in Oakland, CA on 10 September 2016. Photo (c) Bradley Allen On a foggy day...

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A man with a fedora and a big bag of money runs into a cloud of smoke away from circles on the ground, which are labeled "exceptions, ignorance, informalism, accusations, 'tyranny,' and 'emergency.'"

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Grifters, Cons, and the IWW

Posted on August 28, 2026August 28, 2026 by Johnny Silence

In 1924 the Industrial Workers of the World was torn apart by scandal. Some argue that the Communist...

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A twelve-panel comic strip entitled “Pacey Pratt the Sabo Cat in My Better Angel is a Tabby” In the first panel six workers in coveralls are seated around a table in a diner drinking coffee, Mattie, Hunter, Nat, Cade, Bella, and Daniela. Mattie says “Until now I had no idea we all get paid different for the same work! They pay me 17.50 an hour—” “And me 17.50—” says Hunter. “Me 16.50,” says Nat. “15.00,” says Cade. “14.50,” says Bella. “14 flat,” says Daniela. In the second panel Daniela slams her fist on the table and says “Dude, what the fuck?” In the third panel the workers are walking up to their job at the Auto Lube. Cade says “We’ll march on the boss as a union and demand we all get twenty bucks an hour!” “But how do we know you’ll stick with us” says Daniela to Hunter. “The boss will say he can’t pay us all, but some can get a little more.” Hunter turns to her and says “I’d never accept it!” In panel four the boss appears with a pop as a devil on Hunter’s shoulder. He grabs Hunters ear and says “Be reasonable—giving everyone a raise will put us all out of business.” Hunter wears a shocked expression. The boss continues “They think you have it so easy, but they don’t know the pressures you’re under. Let’s make a deal!” In panel five Pacey Pratt appears as an angel, with another pop, on Hunter’s other shoulder. The boss devil points to him across Hunter’s face and exclaims “It’s Pacey Pratt—the Sabo Cat!” Hunter looks charmed as the Pacey Angel says “Here’s a question fellow worker—why is the boss race-baiting you?” In panel six Hunter looks pained as he says to the Pacey angel “I know he wants to wreck our union, but if the shop goes under, we all lose.” The Pacey angel has pulled out a harp and says “It seems like the company can always afford the boss’ salaries.”

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Cartoon: My Better Angel is a Tabby

Posted on August 28, 2026August 28, 2026 by x423931

Editors note: This is the tenth issue in the “Pacey Pratt the Sabo Cat” series. This comic originally...

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Against the Adventurist Creep

Posted on September 13, 2026August 28, 2026 by Jay Bettencourt

Beyza Kaplan, Pexels. It is always a good time to organize. Some times, however, are better than others,...

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Letter to the Editor: A Wobbling Cross Section

Posted on August 28, 2026August 28, 2026 by James Haywood

Three articles over the past several months in the Industrial Worker with three views in correspondence with one...

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Letter to the Editor re: More and Better Data

Posted on August 28, 2026August 28, 2026 by Christian S.

The IWW has a member retention problem. The following graph comes from an article FW Simon recently wrote...