by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / The Indypendent As the pandemic spread and New York City became the global epicenter of the coronavirus, the restaurant industry was jolted with shutdowns, closures, furloughs and mass layoffs. Ellen’s Stardust Diner, a destination for tourists who want to experience the musical allure […]
by Frank. Cedervall This speech was given by IWW member and organizer Frank Cedervall at the IWW convention on September 7, 1972. Cedervall organized with the IWW in Cleveland, a city where the union had a large membership in various metal and machine manufacturing plants and factories well […]
by Judi Bari We decided to post this on Love and Rage in celebration of Earth Day. This is an important text in the history of the environmental movement of the US. Judi Bari was a member of the IWW and Earth First! and was a leader in […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / Love and Rage Several members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or “Wobblies” as they are affectionately called, confronted Anthony Brindisi during a town hall meeting he held in Pulaski, NY on July 30 which was set up by the recently […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / Organizing Work For anyone who has been to an IWW 101 Workplace Organizer Training, you may recall the sage advice of your trainer, who warned you to watch out for “hot shops.” To avoid them at all costs, even. This is my hot shop […]
by Lexi Owens/It’s Going Down The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is a radical and revolutionary labor union operating across the world. As opposed to traditional labor unions, the IWW is explicitly anti-capitalist, completely democratic, and seeks to organize entire industries rather than individual trades. The preamble […]
by Tariq Khan and other Black Rose Anarchist Federation members On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the working class people who made up the rank-and-file of the world’s most deadly militaries of the era, ceased firing at each other. This […]
by Luigi Rinaldi/Organizing Work This is the first in a series of articles Love and Rage is republishing from the exciting new IWW blog Organizing Work. Luigi Rinaldi reflects on an organizing campaign at a grocery store in Rhode Island. This continues the “Pushing Through” series on Organizing […]
by Love and Rage Team You read this right. A newspaper! After four years of maintaining an online presence, Love and Rage will also become a newspaper! We still see the need and value of having an alternative newspaper available in smaller cities, towns and rural communities in […]
by the North American IWW General Executive Board Comrades, For over a year, the US has been pressing felony charges– including “riot,” “inciting a riot,” and “conspiracy to riot”–against protesters who were arrested at the inauguration of Donald Trump. After a revelation that they had been withholding evidence […]
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