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August 18, 2013. Harvard Square Insomnia Cookies go on strike. They joined the IWW on August 20.

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Food Fight: August Edition

Posted on July 31, 2025July 31, 2025 by Jean Carl-Elliott

August 18, 2013. Harvard Square Insomnia Cookies go on strike. They joined the IWW on August 20. Throughout...

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A thirteen-panel comic strip entitled “Pacey Pratt the Sabo Cat in Face to Face with Mr. Block” In the first panel The Boss, a giant rat, reclines at his desk, speaking to Mr. Block, a worker with a cubic head. “I noticed you weren’t with that mob of wobbly scumbags who marched in here demanding a pay raise, Block.” “Gee Boss,” says Mr. Block, “If workers can just demand raises, that what are contract negotiators for?” In the second panel the boss leans forward over his desk and says “Exactly. You’ve got your head on straight Block—that’s why I want you to spy on those wobblies for me.” Mr. Block raises his right hand in salute and says “I’m sure they’re planning an action—I shall do my duty to Precision Machining Incorporated.” In the third panel Mr. Block approaches a group of three workers, Cade, Bella, and Mattie, who are celebrating having fixed a machine. “These workers up ahead are wasting company time laughing!” says Mr. Block. “They must be wobblies. I’ll cleverly drop my D.S.A. card so they know I’m a radical too.” “Ha!” says Cade, the tall worker, to his fellow workers, “We did it—we got this miller working again.” “Nice work, gang!” says Mattie, the short worker. In the fourth panel Mr. Block approaches the workers, passing by a caution sign and slipping on some grease on the floor. “How do you do, fellow loafers?” “Oof!” he says, as he drops his D.S.A. card into the humming miller which slices it up as Cade and Bella look on. In the fifth panel Mr. Block has collected himself and addresses the workers, who look at him skeptically. “As I was saying, who can remind me of the direct action we’ve planned? I’ve misplaced the flyer or pamphlet for the event.” In the sixth panel Cade whispers in Bella’s ear, “Our social map shows Block is a confirmed snitch.” Bella adresses Mr. Block. “If you’ve got troubles at work, Block, let’s talk it over—after shift.”

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Cartoon: Face-to-Face with Mr. Block

Posted on July 24, 2025July 24, 2025 by x423931

Editors note: This is the eighth issue in the “Pacey Pratt the Sabo Cat” series. Today, workers deal...

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A cluster of matches burning and crumbling into nothing. Black on red background.

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Burnout at the Stake

Posted on March 26, 2026July 10, 2025 by Simon W

art by Sara H. Solutions to Martyrdom Culture in Solidarity Unions It all began when fellow worker J...

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Food Fight: July Edition

Posted on January 2, 2026June 29, 2025 by Jean Carl-Elliott

July 8, 2024: Peets' Coffee workers march on the boss in Berkeley, CA. Throughout history, working class people...

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An Interview with Victoria Lomasko

Posted on June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 by Andrew Miller

(c) Victoria Lamasko. Exiled Russian artist, Victoria Lomasko, sat down with Industrial Worker to discuss her latest book,...

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June 15, 2023. IWW picket at Kickin' Caribou in Plymouth, UK. Picture Source: https://iww.org.uk/news/plymouth-picket-wins-back-unpaid-wages/

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Food Fight: June Edition

Posted on May 31, 2025May 31, 2025 by Jean Carl-Elliott

June 15, 2023. IWW picket at Kickin' Caribou in Plymouth, UK. Picture Source: https://iww.org.uk/news/plymouth-picket-wins-back-unpaid-wages/ Throughout history, working class...

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From the IWW Materials Preservation Project. 1912.

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Avoiding the NLRB

Posted on May 28, 2025May 22, 2025 by Jay Bettencourt

The opening salvos of the second Trump administration have made clear that his administration aims to declare war...

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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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Too Small for Direct Action?

Posted on January 23, 2026May 8, 2025 by x409232

Art by Fitz. In a recent conversation, a Fellow Worker relayed a line of questioning posed to her...

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Slice of pizza that says "Picket" next to white text that says "It's time for a living wage"

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Food Fight: May Edition

Posted on January 23, 2026April 30, 2025 by Jean-Carl Elliott

Pizza Hut Workers Union, IU 460.Picture Source: https://iww.org.uk/news/631/ Throughout history, working class people have stood up and fought...

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Postal workers picketing over wages in 1970. Signs say "strike now, paid benefits, living wage" and "Strike letter carries for better wages."

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Power to the Postal Workers: The Wildcat Strike of 1970

Posted on April 29, 2025April 19, 2025 by Noah L

Anthony Camerano/Associated Press, 1970. There is no question that collective action works. The question is how much solidarity,...