The I.W.W : a study of american syndicalism / Paul BRISSENDEN / New York [USA] : Russell & Russell (1957)

ISBD Public The I.W.W : a study of american syndicalism [texte imprimé] / Paul BRISSENDEN ; Daniel DE LEON (1852-1914) ; William D. HAYWOOD (1869-1928) ; INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD (USA) . - New York [USA] : Russell & Russell, 1957 . - 438 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Bibliogr. Index Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : ETATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE:Histoire:-> 1919 ; GREVE ; MOUVEMENT OUVRIER ; SYNDICALISME:Syndicalisme révolutionnaire Résumé : PART I : BEGINNINGS CHAPTER I : FORERUNNERS OF THE "WOBBLIES" Early revolutionary bodies English prototypes Early radical unions in the United States The National Labor Union The Knights of Labor The Internationals The Sovereigns of Industry The United Brewery Workmen The United Mine Workers of America Haymarket The American Railway Union The Western Federation of Miners W. F. M. strikes The Western Labor Union The American Labor Union The Socialist Labor Party and the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance The French Confederation Générale du Travail CHAPTER II : THE BIRTH OF THE I. W. W. Pre-convention conferences The rôle of the Western Federation of Miners The January Conference The Industrialist Manifesto Attitude of the A. F. of L The Industrial Union Convention and the launching of the I. W. W. Character of industries and unions represented Numerical predominance of the Western Federation and the American Labor Union Daniel DeLeon and the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance Doctrinal elements represented in the convention: reformist, directactionist and doctrinaire The dominant personalities CHAPTER III : THE I. W. W. versus THE A. F. OF L. Attitude of the revolutionary industrialists toward the Federation Critique of craft unionism "Union scabbery" and the aristocracy of labor Emphasis on the unskilled and unorganized The "pure and simple" union and the " labor lieutenant" Repudiation of the policy of " boring from within " Convention resolutions The preamble and the clause on political action The attitude of DeLeon and the S. L. P. . The I. W. W. Constitution Classification of industries The structure of the organization The local unions and other subordinate bodies The General Executive Board and its powers Other provisions Influence of " DeLeonism " in the convention The primary importance of the Western Federation of Miners Samuel Gompers on the convention Other comments What the constitutional convention accomplished PART II : THE FIRST PHASE The "original" I. W. W. CHAPTER IV : MAIDEN EFFORTS ON THE ECONOMIC FIELD The situation at the close of the first convention Progress during the first year Activities among A. F. of L. locals Friction with Federation unions Practical compromises with the craft-union idea Internal dissension Breakdown of the Metals and Machinery Department Defection of the Western Federation of Miners Early strikes and strike activities Strike policies The New Jersey Socialist Unity Conference The discussion on socialism and the trade unions The Unity Conference resolutions The second I. W. W. convention Growth in membership The Industrial Departments CHAPTER V THE COUP OF THE " PROLETARIAN RABBLE " The "reactionaries" vs. the "wage slave delegates" at the second convention The DeLeon-St. John attack on President Sherman Pre-convention conference of the " DeLeonite rabble " The indictment of Sherman Playing freeze-out with the " wage slave delegates " The per diem resolution and the defeat of the Shermanites Abolition of the office of General President The findings of the Master in Chancery Contemporary comment on the quarrel DeLeonism and the Socialist Labor Party at the second convention The Western Federation of Miners I. W. W. finances CHAPTER VI : THE STRUCTURE OF A MILITANT UNION An organization for farm laborers and city proletarians The I. W. W. and the lumber workers Provision for foreigners Foreign language branches The local union Relation of locals to the General Administration Centralization District Industrial Councils Industrial Departments Further discussion of political action The Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone case Defense activities of the I. W. W. Proposal for a general strike Effect of the Moyer-Haywood case on the I. W. W. The third convention The condition of the organization Membership strength The I. W. W. at the Stuttgart Congress Political parties and the trade unions The political clause of the Preamble again under discussion CHAPTER VIII : "JoB CONTROL" AT GOLDFIELD The A. F. of L. and the I. W. W. in Goldfield, Nevada Character of the Goldfield local of the I. W. W The town unionists and the mine unionists Proposed consolidation of the two groups Attitude of the Mine Owners' Association Federal military intervention and investigation Report of the Commission What the I. W. W. accomplished at Goldfield The I. W. W. and the Western Federation in Nevada politics I. W. W. strike activities in other parts of the country General organizing activities CHAPTER IX : DOCTRINAIRE versus DIRECT-ACTIONIST Condition of the organization on the eve of the schism of 1908 Effect of the financial panic of 1907 The widening breach between the I. W. W. and the Western Federation of Miners The line-up in the I. W. W. on political action The personnel of the convention Walsh's "Overalls Brigade" The Socialist Labor Party Delegation and the unseating of Daniel DeLeon The issue between the DeLeonites and the Direct-actionists " Straight industrialism " versus par liamentariamsm The preamble purged of politics Rump convention of the DeLeonites at Paterson, New Jersey A bifurcated I. W. W The issue between the Detroit I. W. W. and the Chicago I. W. W. The Wobblies' criticism of parliamentary government The doctrinaire state socialism of the Detroiters The issue illustrated in the contrast between Daniel DeLeon and Vincent St. John I. W. W. constitution non-political rather than anti-political Influence of DeLeon on the I. W. W CHAPTER X : THE I. W. W. ON THE " CIVILIZED PLANE " The development of the Detroit I. W. W Strike activities and friction with the " Summery " or Directactionist faction The Anarcho-syndicalists versus the parliamentarians The Detroit I. W. W. on sabotage Eugene Debs' plea for a union of the two I. W. W.s The Detroit I. W. W. becomes The Workers International Industrial Union PART III : THE ANARCHO-SYNDICALISTS[The Direct Actionists] CHAPTER XI : FREE SPEECH AND SABOTAGE Condition of the Direct-actionist faction after the split with the Doctrinaires The Wobblies establish the "free-speech fight" as an institution The procedure in free-speech fights I. W. W. tactics Community reactions The conventions of 1910 and 1911 Growth in membership The I. W. W. press Local unions organized and disbanded The I. W. W. and the French syndicalists International labor politics The Syndicalist League of North America The I. W. W. and the MacNamara case Franco-American sabotage Demonstration against sabotage at the 1912 convention of the Socialist party Article II., section 6 CHAPTER XII : LAWRENCE AND THE CREST OF POWER Strike activities in 1912 The Lawrence strike The use of violence at Lawrence and the responsibility for it Dynamite planting The I. W. W. and the A. F. of L. at Lawrence Results of the strike I. W. W. patriotism and I. W. W. morals The 1912 convention The beginning of the conflict over decentralization CHAPTER XIII : DUAL UNIONISM AND DECENTRALIZATION The policy of "boring from within" Dual unionism An I. W. W. defense of "boring from within " Tom Mann joins in the attack on dual unionism Rejoinders from Ettor and Haywood The 1913 convention Centralization versus decentralization The proposals of the " decentralizes " The relation of the locals to the general organization The Pacific Coast District Organization The East against the West in the decentralization debate The western Wobbly and the eastern Geographical differences in I. W. W. local unions An anarchist's impressions of the 1913 convention CHAPTER XIV : RECENT TENDENCIES Continued hostility between the I. W. W. and the Western Federation of Miners The labor war in Butte, Montana The United Mine Workers and the I. W. W The 1914 convention The I. W. W. and the unemployed The resolution against war Constitutional changes Time agreements Growth in membership The slump in 1914-1915 Revival of activity The Agricultural Workers Organization The Everett free speech fight The 1916 (tenth) convention Present strength of the I. W. W Character of the membership The I. W. W. abroad Anti-militarist campaign of the I. W. W. in Australasia Australian "Unlawful Associations" Act The Workers' Industrial Union of Australia " Criminal Syndicalism " laws in the United States The turnover of I. W. W. members and locals Conclusion APPENDICES I. Chart of early radical labor organizations II. The I. W. W. Preamble: Chicago and Detroit versions III. The structure of the organization in 1917. (Chart) IV. Membership statistics: Table A. Membership of Chicago and Detroit branches. (1905-1916) Table B. Membership of the I. W. W. compared with the aggregate number of organized workers in the U. S., by industries Table C. Membership of the I. W. W. and of certain other selected organizations and industrial groups. (1897-1914) Table D. Membership of (i) the I. W. W. and (2) all American trade unions V. Geographical distribution of I. W. W. locals in 1914. (Chicago and Detroit) VI. Reasons assigned for locals disbanding. (1910-1911) VII. Free-speech fights of the I. W. W. (1906-1916) VIII. I. W. W. strikes. (1906-1917) IX. Selections from the I. W. W. Song Book X. Copies of State " Criminal Syndicalism" statutes. Mention de responsabilité : Paul F. Brissenden Permalink : https://www.cira.ch/catalogue/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=14843 Titre : The I.W.W : a study of american syndicalism Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Paul BRISSENDEN ; Daniel DE LEON (1852-1914) ; William D. HAYWOOD (1869-1928) ; INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD (USA) Editeur : New York [USA] : Russell & Russell Année de publication : 1957 Importance : 438 p. Présentation : ill. Format : 22 cm Note générale : Bibliogr. Index Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : ETATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE:Histoire:-> 1919 ; GREVE ; MOUVEMENT OUVRIER ; SYNDICALISME:Syndicalisme révolutionnaire Résumé : PART I : BEGINNINGS CHAPTER I : FORERUNNERS OF THE "WOBBLIES" Early revolutionary bodies English prototypes Early radical unions in the United States The National Labor Union The Knights of Labor The Internationals The Sovereigns of Industry The United Brewery Workmen The United Mine Workers of America Haymarket The American Railway Union The Western Federation of Miners W. F. M. strikes The Western Labor Union The American Labor Union The Socialist Labor Party and the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance The French Confederation Générale du Travail CHAPTER II : THE BIRTH OF THE I. W. W. Pre-convention conferences The rôle of the Western Federation of Miners The January Conference The Industrialist Manifesto Attitude of the A. F. of L The Industrial Union Convention and the launching of the I. W. W. Character of industries and unions represented Numerical predominance of the Western Federation and the American Labor Union Daniel DeLeon and the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance Doctrinal elements represented in the convention: reformist, directactionist and doctrinaire The dominant personalities CHAPTER III : THE I. W. W. versus THE A. F. OF L. Attitude of the revolutionary industrialists toward the Federation Critique of craft unionism "Union scabbery" and the aristocracy of labor Emphasis on the unskilled and unorganized The "pure and simple" union and the " labor lieutenant" Repudiation of the policy of " boring from within " Convention resolutions The preamble and the clause on political action The attitude of DeLeon and the S. L. P. . The I. W. W. Constitution Classification of industries The structure of the organization The local unions and other subordinate bodies The General Executive Board and its powers Other provisions Influence of " DeLeonism " in the convention The primary importance of the Western Federation of Miners Samuel Gompers on the convention Other comments What the constitutional convention accomplished PART II : THE FIRST PHASE The "original" I. W. W. CHAPTER IV : MAIDEN EFFORTS ON THE ECONOMIC FIELD The situation at the close of the first convention Progress during the first year Activities among A. F. of L. locals Friction with Federation unions Practical compromises with the craft-union idea Internal dissension Breakdown of the Metals and Machinery Department Defection of the Western Federation of Miners Early strikes and strike activities Strike policies The New Jersey Socialist Unity Conference The discussion on socialism and the trade unions The Unity Conference resolutions The second I. W. W. convention Growth in membership The Industrial Departments CHAPTER V THE COUP OF THE " PROLETARIAN RABBLE " The "reactionaries" vs. the "wage slave delegates" at the second convention The DeLeon-St. John attack on President Sherman Pre-convention conference of the " DeLeonite rabble " The indictment of Sherman Playing freeze-out with the " wage slave delegates " The per diem resolution and the defeat of the Shermanites Abolition of the office of General President The findings of the Master in Chancery Contemporary comment on the quarrel DeLeonism and the Socialist Labor Party at the second convention The Western Federation of Miners I. W. W. finances CHAPTER VI : THE STRUCTURE OF A MILITANT UNION An organization for farm laborers and city proletarians The I. W. W. and the lumber workers Provision for foreigners Foreign language branches The local union Relation of locals to the General Administration Centralization District Industrial Councils Industrial Departments Further discussion of political action The Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone case Defense activities of the I. W. W. Proposal for a general strike Effect of the Moyer-Haywood case on the I. W. W. The third convention The condition of the organization Membership strength The I. W. W. at the Stuttgart Congress Political parties and the trade unions The political clause of the Preamble again under discussion CHAPTER VIII : "JoB CONTROL" AT GOLDFIELD The A. F. of L. and the I. W. W. in Goldfield, Nevada Character of the Goldfield local of the I. W. W The town unionists and the mine unionists Proposed consolidation of the two groups Attitude of the Mine Owners' Association Federal military intervention and investigation Report of the Commission What the I. W. W. accomplished at Goldfield The I. W. W. and the Western Federation in Nevada politics I. W. W. strike activities in other parts of the country General organizing activities CHAPTER IX : DOCTRINAIRE versus DIRECT-ACTIONIST Condition of the organization on the eve of the schism of 1908 Effect of the financial panic of 1907 The widening breach between the I. W. W. and the Western Federation of Miners The line-up in the I. W. W. on political action The personnel of the convention Walsh's "Overalls Brigade" The Socialist Labor Party Delegation and the unseating of Daniel DeLeon The issue between the DeLeonites and the Direct-actionists " Straight industrialism " versus par liamentariamsm The preamble purged of politics Rump convention of the DeLeonites at Paterson, New Jersey A bifurcated I. W. W The issue between the Detroit I. W. W. and the Chicago I. W. W. The Wobblies' criticism of parliamentary government The doctrinaire state socialism of the Detroiters The issue illustrated in the contrast between Daniel DeLeon and Vincent St. John I. W. W. constitution non-political rather than anti-political Influence of DeLeon on the I. W. W CHAPTER X : THE I. W. W. ON THE " CIVILIZED PLANE " The development of the Detroit I. W. W Strike activities and friction with the " Summery " or Directactionist faction The Anarcho-syndicalists versus the parliamentarians The Detroit I. W. W. on sabotage Eugene Debs' plea for a union of the two I. W. W.s The Detroit I. W. W. becomes The Workers International Industrial Union PART III : THE ANARCHO-SYNDICALISTS[The Direct Actionists] CHAPTER XI : FREE SPEECH AND SABOTAGE Condition of the Direct-actionist faction after the split with the Doctrinaires The Wobblies establish the "free-speech fight" as an institution The procedure in free-speech fights I. W. W. tactics Community reactions The conventions of 1910 and 1911 Growth in membership The I. W. W. press Local unions organized and disbanded The I. W. W. and the French syndicalists International labor politics The Syndicalist League of North America The I. W. W. and the MacNamara case Franco-American sabotage Demonstration against sabotage at the 1912 convention of the Socialist party Article II., section 6 CHAPTER XII : LAWRENCE AND THE CREST OF POWER Strike activities in 1912 The Lawrence strike The use of violence at Lawrence and the responsibility for it Dynamite planting The I. W. W. and the A. F. of L. at Lawrence Results of the strike I. W. W. patriotism and I. W. W. morals The 1912 convention The beginning of the conflict over decentralization CHAPTER XIII : DUAL UNIONISM AND DECENTRALIZATION The policy of "boring from within" Dual unionism An I. W. W. defense of "boring from within " Tom Mann joins in the attack on dual unionism Rejoinders from Ettor and Haywood The 1913 convention Centralization versus decentralization The proposals of the " decentralizes " The relation of the locals to the general organization The Pacific Coast District Organization The East against the West in the decentralization debate The western Wobbly and the eastern Geographical differences in I. W. W. local unions An anarchist's impressions of the 1913 convention CHAPTER XIV : RECENT TENDENCIES Continued hostility between the I. W. W. and the Western Federation of Miners The labor war in Butte, Montana The United Mine Workers and the I. W. W The 1914 convention The I. W. W. and the unemployed The resolution against war Constitutional changes Time agreements Growth in membership The slump in 1914-1915 Revival of activity The Agricultural Workers Organization The Everett free speech fight The 1916 (tenth) convention Present strength of the I. W. W Character of the membership The I. W. W. abroad Anti-militarist campaign of the I. W. W. in Australasia Australian "Unlawful Associations" Act The Workers' Industrial Union of Australia " Criminal Syndicalism " laws in the United States The turnover of I. W. W. members and locals Conclusion APPENDICES I. Chart of early radical labor organizations II. The I. W. W. Preamble: Chicago and Detroit versions III. The structure of the organization in 1917. (Chart) IV. Membership statistics: Table A. Membership of Chicago and Detroit branches. (1905-1916) Table B. Membership of the I. W. W. compared with the aggregate number of organized workers in the U. S., by industries Table C. Membership of the I. W. W. and of certain other selected organizations and industrial groups. (1897-1914) Table D. Membership of (i) the I. W. W. and (2) all American trade unions V. Geographical distribution of I. W. W. locals in 1914. (Chicago and Detroit) VI. Reasons assigned for locals disbanding. (1910-1911) VII. Free-speech fights of the I. W. W. (1906-1916) VIII. I. W. W. strikes. (1906-1917) IX. Selections from the I. W. W. Song Book X. Copies of State " Criminal Syndicalism" statutes. Mention de responsabilité : Paul F. Brissenden Permalink : https://www.cira.ch/catalogue/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=14843

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