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Angelfire21 There are more books, dissertations, movies, and the like written on the IWW than any other union. I started to say "American union" but that would have been limiting because the IWW considered - hell, still does for that matter - a union of the world rather than of national boundaries.
As mentioned, there are books on the union itself; on some of their struggles - the Ludlow Massacre, the Triangle Fire, the Paterson Strike; on some of their founders and members - Big Bill Haywood, Mother Jones, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (the so called Rebel Girl - there is a great book on her by that name); and on their poet bard - Joe Hill.
There are many good films and documentaries on the IWW. One of the best is "Matewan" (note: possible spelling error there), a true story of the struggle to unionize mines in West Virginia.
Another good source of information is music. Utah Phillips was a well-respected folk and labor singer - as well as being a card-carrying member of the IWW.
I hope you enjoy reading; you've set yourself up for it!
The IWW is still an active - though diminished - union. It's headquarters is once again in Chicago - where it was founded in 1905 - and its webpage is iww.org.
Finally, when I turned 65, I decided it was time to get some tattoos - my skin had already sagged at that it was going to. Over the course of the next year and a half I got five tattoos - and shut down the operation after that.
The third tattoo I got was a design favored by the union and surrounded by one of their mottos: "An injury to one is an injury to all!"
I am enclosing a photo of the tattoo. The number under the design is my membership number.
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I wish you success in your search - for this or for whatever grasps your imagination.
Peace,
Quakertrucker
