Wobblies Continue Lawsuits Against Texas Prison Authorities, Despite Retaliation
Julio “Comrade Z” Zuniga, of the Industrial Workers of the World Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, is currently suing...
The Contradictions of Paid Staff in the Union Movement, Part I
Image by Hannah M. This is Part I of a three-part series on the issue of paid staff...
Nothing in Common: Your Boss is Not Your Friend
In an uproarious interview with Vice published in 2013, the philosopher Slavoj Zizek describes a dynamic all too...
Kim Kelly’s Fight Like Hell
Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor is not your average labor book. Kim Kelly manages...
How They Get the Goods: A Look Across Union Models, Part III
Image by x390031. In Part III of this series, Industrial Worker spoke with Louisa Clay, a member of...
The Long Deep Grudge: A Review
I just finished reading The Long Deep Grudge: A Story of Big Capital, Radical Labor, and Class War...
Xixòn CNT Workers Arrested for Organizing
HOUSTON, TX – The Houston General Membership Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World is gathering at...
On Ripples of a Lie with Esther Barnett Goffinet
The so-called “Centralia Massacre of 1919”* is a landmark event characteristic of the rising tides of agitation and...
Labor Day or May Day? The Answer is Yes
“Resolved, That the first day of May of each year ... be designated as the Labor Day of...
Spontaneous Combustion: Building a Committee After an Unplanned Direct Action
The meeting went off the rails when I got a text and an email from one of the...