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by FW Gale The sentiment “If each Wobbly would make a new Wobbly once a week, we’d have the Cooperative Commonwealth of Labor in a few short years,” is attributed to IWW Bill Haywood. Bill was a revolutionary, and each Wobbly must understand his statement.A Wobbly is a Citizen of Industry, a worker who knows … Continue reading Salish Sea Update: Indian Lessons

By Dave Tucker, Bellingham, WA Many IWW members are buried in Washington State. Quite a few of these Wobblies were killed early in the 20th Century because they tried to gain improvements on the job or exert their right to free speech in public. Many were murdered by police and capitalist goons. Some are well … Continue reading On the Road: Remembering Fallen Workers, Part 1

FW Gale interviews education worker FW Quibs. What's your work background? Arts, retail, and swimming until 2018, when I switched to teaching in a school rather than in a pool. I left the pool and trained to become a Montessori teacher. How did you get into teaching? My family is full of teachers. Out of … Continue reading An Interview with an Education Worker

Fellow Worker Sean interviews Naiome about the project Longhouse for the People. Tell us about your project, what you’re seeking to accomplish? My name is Naiome and my current project focus is the Longhouse for the People. We have purchased 11.5 acres in Quilcene, where we plan on building a traditional longhouse with traditional first … Continue reading Interview with Longhouse for the People

by FW Sean Capitalism's evils invade every aspect of our lives, controlling who we love and what we do so that our work problems and our home problems are the same problems. Struggling to pay rent, suffering abuse, going hungry, feeling lonely, being overworked and angry are logical outcomes when workers are being exploited for … Continue reading Salish Sea Report: Agitate and Organize

FW Kristin interviews FW Red about his years doing agricultural labor in the 1970s and 1980s. Excerpted and lightly edited. In 1974, there was a camp on the Spokane River below the falls. I went there, had a good time, built a hovel, lay in the sand, and I met some people. The only name … Continue reading On Frosty Mornings

In the Orondo-Chelan Area, Columbia River Valley, Washington By Dave Tucker In early 1984, some Wobs from the Bellingham IWW Branch began an apple orchard organizing project in the Chelan area. We all had at least a couple, and sometimes many, years experience in harvest and other orchard jobs. In February of 1984 we started … Continue reading The IWW’s Orchard Workers Organizing Project, 1984-1985

Fellow Worker Noah interviews Fellow Worker Edgar of Familias Unidas por la Justicia So I know that Familias Unidas and the Whatcom Skagit branch of the IWW have had a good relationship with each other over the past few years. But I was wondering if you could tell me a little bit about Familias Unidas? … Continue reading Solidarity with a Side of Berries

by FWs Gordon and Sean Our union, the Industrial Workers of the World, was founded during a time of economic upheaval, rapid industrialization, and migration — many of our class were forced into the streets, bereft of substance because the bosses needed a reserve army of labor. The IWW was established in response to these … Continue reading Mutual Aid to End Homelessness