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Loss of members

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	{{Infobox political party\|name=Industrial Workers of the World\|founded=June 27, 1905\|abbreviation=IWW\|newspaper=''Industrial Worker''\|membership=11,275\|political_orientation=[[Anarcho-syndicalism]]<br>[[Libertarian socialism]]\|website=https://www.iww.org/\|logo=IWW logo.png}}		{{Infobox political party\|name=Industrial Workers of the World\|founded=June 27, 1905\|abbreviation=IWW\|newspaper=''Industrial Worker''\|membership=11,275\|political_orientation=[[Anarcho-syndicalism]]<br>[[Libertarian socialism]]\|website=https://www.iww.org/\|logo=IWW logo.png}}

	The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' ('''IWW''') is an international leftist [[trade union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members,<ref>{{Citation\|author=Eric Thomas Chester\|year=2014\|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false\|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref> but it was brutally suppressed by the [[Government of the United States of America\|capitalist dictatorship]] from 1917 to 1924.<ref name=":0233">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Land of the Free\|page=~~167–168~~\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref> The IWW began as a [[Socialism\|socialist]] organization but later shifted to an [[Anarcho-syndicalism\|anarcho-syndicalist]] position.		The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' ('''IWW''') is an international leftist [[trade union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members,<ref>{{Citation\|author=Eric Thomas Chester\|year=2014\|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false\|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref> but it was brutally suppressed by the [[Government of the United States of America\|capitalist dictatorship]] from 1917 to 1924. Although the IWW never collapsed, it lost more than 90% of its members.<ref name=":0233">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Land of the Free\|page=167–172\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref> The IWW began as a [[Socialism\|socialist]] organization but later shifted to an [[Anarcho-syndicalism\|anarcho-syndicalist]] position.

	== History ==		== History ==

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WW1

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	{{Infobox political party\|name=Industrial Workers of the World\|founded=June 27, 1905\|abbreviation=IWW\|newspaper=''Industrial Worker''\|membership=11,275\|political_orientation=[[Anarcho-syndicalism]]<br>[[Libertarian socialism]]\|website=https://www.iww.org/\|logo=IWW logo.png}}		{{Infobox political party\|name=Industrial Workers of the World\|founded=June 27, 1905\|abbreviation=IWW\|newspaper=''Industrial Worker''\|membership=11,275\|political_orientation=[[Anarcho-syndicalism]]<br>[[Libertarian socialism]]\|website=https://www.iww.org/\|logo=IWW logo.png}}

	The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' ('''IWW''') is an international leftist [[trade union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Eric Thomas Chester\|year=2014\|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false\|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref> The IWW began as a [[Socialism\|socialist]] organization but later shifted to an [[Anarcho-syndicalism\|anarcho-syndicalist]] position.		The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' ('''IWW''') is an international leftist [[trade union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members,<ref>{{Citation\|author=Eric Thomas Chester\|year=2014\|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false\|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref> but it was brutally suppressed by the [[Government of the United States of America\|capitalist dictatorship]] from 1917 to 1924.<ref name=":0233">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Land of the Free\|page=167–168\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref> The IWW began as a [[Socialism\|socialist]] organization but later shifted to an [[Anarcho-syndicalism\|anarcho-syndicalist]] position.

	== History ==		== History ==

			=== Foundation ===
	The IWW was founded in Chicago in June 1905.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Nathalie Hrizi\|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]\|title=Anarchism’s track record: What is militancy without a winning program?\|date=2008-02-01\|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/anarchisms-track-record-what-is-militancy-without-a-winning-program/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127183242/https://liberationschool.org/anarchisms-track-record-what-is-militancy-without-a-winning-program/\|archive-date=2020-11-27\|retrieved=2022-08-28}}</ref>		The IWW was founded in Chicago in June 1905.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Nathalie Hrizi\|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]\|title=Anarchism’s track record: What is militancy without a winning program?\|date=2008-02-01\|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/anarchisms-track-record-what-is-militancy-without-a-winning-program/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127183242/https://liberationschool.org/anarchisms-track-record-what-is-militancy-without-a-winning-program/\|archive-date=2020-11-27\|retrieved=2022-08-28}}</ref>

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	In 1912, the [[Syndicalist League of North America]], led by [[William Z. Foster]], split from the IWW.<ref name=":1">{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Heyday of the Socialist Party (1905-1914)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-eight-heyday-of-socialist-party.html}}</ref>		In 1912, the [[Syndicalist League of North America]], led by [[William Z. Foster]], split from the IWW.<ref name=":1">{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Heyday of the Socialist Party (1905-1914)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-eight-heyday-of-socialist-party.html}}</ref>

			=== First World War ===
	The IWW opposed the [[First World War]]. In September 1917, IWW headquarters across the country were raided and 2,000 members were arrested.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=World War I: Social-Democratic Betrayal (1914-1918)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-nine-world-war-i-social.html}}</ref> Unlike the AFL, the IWW refused to take a pledge not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" />		The IWW opposed the [[First World War]]. In September 1917, IWW headquarters across the country were raided and 2,000 members were arrested.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=World War I: Social-Democratic Betrayal (1914-1918)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-nine-world-war-i-social.html}}</ref> Unlike the AFL, the IWW refused to take a pledge not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" />

			In April 1918, Chicago charged 113 IWW leaders with a total of over 10,000 charges. The jury only debated for one hour and convicted all defendants on all charges. 35 people were sentenced to five years in prison, 33 to ten years, and 15 to 20 years. [[Bill Haywood]] was convicted to 20 years but escaped to the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|USSR]].

			26 IWW members from [[Kansas]] and 62 from [[State of California\|California]] were sentenced to 1–10 years in prison in late 1918 and early 1919. 64 IWW members were held without trial in Omaha, [[Nebraska]] for over a year.<ref name=":0233" />

			=== Postwar ===
	In 1920, the IWW General Executive Board endorsed the [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Third International]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Formation of the Communist Party (1919-1921)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-twelve-formation-of-communist.html}}</ref>		In 1920, the IWW General Executive Board endorsed the [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Third International]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Formation of the Communist Party (1919-1921)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-twelve-formation-of-communist.html}}</ref>

Forte: Using updated parameters (from political_line to political_orientation)

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Using updated parameters (from political_line to political_orientation)

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	{{Infobox political party\|name=Industrial Workers of the World\|founded=June 27, 1905\|abbreviation=IWW\|newspaper=''Industrial Worker''\|membership=11,275\|~~political_line~~=[[Anarcho-syndicalism]]<br>[[Libertarian socialism]]\|website=https://www.iww.org/\|logo=IWW logo.png}}		{{Infobox political party\|name=Industrial Workers of the World\|founded=June 27, 1905\|abbreviation=IWW\|newspaper=''Industrial Worker''\|membership=11,275\|political_orientation=[[Anarcho-syndicalism]]<br>[[Libertarian socialism]]\|website=https://www.iww.org/\|logo=IWW logo.png}}

	The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' ('''IWW''') is an international leftist [[trade union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Eric Thomas Chester\|year=2014\|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false\|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref> The IWW began as a [[Socialism\|socialist]] organization but later shifted to an [[Anarcho-syndicalism\|anarcho-syndicalist]] position.		The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' ('''IWW''') is an international leftist [[trade union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Eric Thomas Chester\|year=2014\|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false\|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref> The IWW began as a [[Socialism\|socialist]] organization but later shifted to an [[Anarcho-syndicalism\|anarcho-syndicalist]] position.

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	{{Infobox political party\|name=Industrial Workers of the World\|founded=June 27, 1905\|abbreviation=IWW\|newspaper=Industrial Worker\|membership=11,275\|political_line=[[Anarcho-syndicalism]]<br>[[Libertarian socialism]]\|website=https://www.iww.org/\|logo=IWW logo.png}}		{{Infobox political party\|name=Industrial Workers of the World\|founded=June 27, 1905\|abbreviation=IWW\|newspaper=''Industrial Worker''\|membership=11,275\|political_line=[[Anarcho-syndicalism]]<br>[[Libertarian socialism]]\|website=https://www.iww.org/\|logo=IWW logo.png}}

	The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' ('''IWW''') is an international leftist [[~~Trade union\|~~union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Eric Thomas Chester\|year=2014\|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false\|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref> The IWW began as a [[Socialism\|socialist]] organization but later shifted to an [[Anarcho-syndicalism\|anarcho-syndicalist]] position.		The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' ('''IWW''') is an international leftist [[trade union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Eric Thomas Chester\|year=2014\|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false\|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref> The IWW began as a [[Socialism\|socialist]] organization but later shifted to an [[Anarcho-syndicalism\|anarcho-syndicalist]] position.

	== History ==		== History ==
	The IWW was founded in Chicago in 1905.<ref ~~name=":0"~~>{{~~News~~ citation\|author=~~Tom Mackaman~~\|newspaper=[[~~World Socialist Web Site~~]]\|title=~~The Wobblies (1979)~~: What ~~the IWW means for the working class today~~\|date=~~2022~~-05-25\|url=https://www.~~wsws~~.org/~~en/articles/2022~~/~~05/26/kezm-m26.html~~\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/~~20220715132458~~/https://~~www.wsws~~.org/~~en/articles/2022/05~~/~~26/kezm-m26.html~~\|archive-date=~~2022~~-07-15\|retrieved=2022-07-29}}</ref>		The IWW was founded in Chicago in June 1905.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Nathalie Hrizi\|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]\|title=Anarchism’s track record: What is militancy without a winning program?\|date=2008-02-01\|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/anarchisms-track-record-what-is-militancy-without-a-winning-program/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127183242/https://liberationschool.org/anarchisms-track-record-what-is-militancy-without-a-winning-program/\|archive-date=2020-11-27\|retrieved=2022-08-28}}</ref>

	The IWW allowed Black workers and women to join at a time when they were still excluded from other unions, including the [[American Federation of Labor]].<ref name=":0" /> During a lumber worker [[Strike action\|strike]] in 1911 and 1912, half of the strikers were Black~~. During the 1910s, the IWW carried out strikes of tens of thousands of workers~~.		The IWW allowed Black workers and women to join at a time when they were still excluded from other unions, including the [[American Federation of Labor]].<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Tom Mackaman\|newspaper=[[World Socialist Web Site]]\|title=The Wobblies (1979): What the IWW means for the working class today\|date=2022-05-25\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/05/26/kezm-m26.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715132458/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/05/26/kezm-m26.html\|archive-date=2022-07-15\|retrieved=2022-07-29}}</ref> During a lumber worker [[Strike action\|strike]] in 1911 and 1912, half of the strikers were Black.

	In 1912, the [[Syndicalist League of North America]], led by [[William Z. Foster]], split from the IWW.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Heyday of the Socialist Party (1905-1914)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-eight-heyday-of-socialist-party.html}}</ref>		In 1912, the [[Syndicalist League of North America]], led by [[William Z. Foster]], split from the IWW.<ref name=":1">{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Heyday of the Socialist Party (1905-1914)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-eight-heyday-of-socialist-party.html}}</ref>

	The IWW opposed the [[First World War]]. In September 1917, IWW headquarters across the country were raided and 2,000 members were arrested.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=World War I: Social-Democratic Betrayal (1914-1918)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-nine-world-war-i-social.html}}</ref> Unlike the AFL, the IWW refused to take a pledge not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" />		The IWW opposed the [[First World War]]. In September 1917, IWW headquarters across the country were raided and 2,000 members were arrested.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=World War I: Social-Democratic Betrayal (1914-1918)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-nine-world-war-i-social.html}}</ref> Unlike the AFL, the IWW refused to take a pledge not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" />

	In 1920, the IWW General Executive Board endorsed the [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Third International]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Formation of the Communist Party (1919-1921)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-twelve-formation-of-communist.html}}</ref>		In 1920, the IWW General Executive Board endorsed the [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Third International]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Formation of the Communist Party (1919-1921)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-twelve-formation-of-communist.html}}</ref>

			The IWW declined after the First World War and had only 11 delegates at its 1925 convention.<ref name=":1" />

			== Strikes ==
			During the 1910s, the IWW carried out strikes of tens of thousands of workers. They led the "Bread and Roses" strike in Massachusetts in 1912, a strike of silk workers in New Jersey in 1913, and a strike of iron miners in Minnesota in 1916.<ref name=":1" />

	== References ==		== References ==
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	[[Category:Trade unions]]		[[Category:Trade unions]]

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	== History ==		== History ==
	The IWW allowed Black workers to join at a time when they were still excluded from other unions, including the [[American Federation of Labor]]. During a lumber worker [[Strike action\|strike]] in 1911 and 1912, half of the strikers were Black. During the 1910s, the IWW carried out strikes of tens of thousands of workers.		The IWW was founded in Chicago in 1905.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Tom Mackaman\|newspaper=[[World Socialist Web Site]]\|title=The Wobblies (1979): What the IWW means for the working class today\|date=2022-05-25\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/05/26/kezm-m26.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715132458/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/05/26/kezm-m26.html\|archive-date=2022-07-15\|retrieved=2022-07-29}}</ref>

			The IWW allowed Black workers and women to join at a time when they were still excluded from other unions, including the [[American Federation of Labor]].<ref name=":0" /> During a lumber worker [[Strike action\|strike]] in 1911 and 1912, half of the strikers were Black. During the 1910s, the IWW carried out strikes of tens of thousands of workers.

	In 1912, the [[Syndicalist League of North America]], led by [[William Z. Foster]], split from the IWW.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Heyday of the Socialist Party (1905-1914)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-eight-heyday-of-socialist-party.html}}</ref>		In 1912, the [[Syndicalist League of North America]], led by [[William Z. Foster]], split from the IWW.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Heyday of the Socialist Party (1905-1914)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-eight-heyday-of-socialist-party.html}}</ref>

	The IWW opposed the [[First World War]]. In September 1917, IWW headquarters across the country were raided and 2,000 members were arrested.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=World War I: Social-Democratic Betrayal (1914-1918)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-nine-world-war-i-social.html}}</ref>		The IWW opposed the [[First World War]]. In September 1917, IWW headquarters across the country were raided and 2,000 members were arrested.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=World War I: Social-Democratic Betrayal (1914-1918)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-nine-world-war-i-social.html}}</ref> Unlike the AFL, the IWW refused to take a pledge not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" />

	In 1920, the IWW General Executive Board endorsed the [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Third International]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Formation of the Communist Party (1919-1921)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-twelve-formation-of-communist.html}}</ref>		In 1920, the IWW General Executive Board endorsed the [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Third International]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Formation of the Communist Party (1919-1921)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-twelve-formation-of-communist.html}}</ref>

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	{{Infobox political party\|name=Industrial Workers of the World\|founded=June 27, 1905\|abbreviation=IWW\|newspaper=Industrial Worker\|membership=11,275\|political_line=[[Anarcho-~~Syndicalism~~]]<br>[[Libertarian ~~Socialism~~]]\|website=https://www.iww.org/\|logo=IWW logo.png}}		{{Infobox political party\|name=Industrial Workers of the World\|founded=June 27, 1905\|abbreviation=IWW\|newspaper=Industrial Worker\|membership=11,275\|political_line=[[Anarcho-syndicalism]]<br>[[Libertarian socialism]]\|website=https://www.iww.org/\|logo=IWW logo.png}}

	The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' ('''IWW''') is an international leftist [[Trade union\|union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Eric Thomas Chester\|year=2014\|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false\|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref> The IWW began as a [[Socialism\|socialist]] organization but later shifted to an [[Anarcho-syndicalism\|anarcho-syndicalist]] position.		The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' ('''IWW''') is an international leftist [[Trade union\|union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Eric Thomas Chester\|year=2014\|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false\|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref> The IWW began as a [[Socialism\|socialist]] organization but later shifted to an [[Anarcho-syndicalism\|anarcho-syndicalist]] position.

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	The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' ('''IWW''') is an international leftist [[Trade union\|union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Eric Thomas Chester\|year=2014\|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false\|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref> The IWW began as a [[Socialism\|socialist]] organization but later shifted to an [[Anarcho-syndicalism\|anarcho-syndicalist]] position.		The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' ('''IWW''') is an international leftist [[Trade union\|union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Eric Thomas Chester\|year=2014\|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false\|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref> The IWW began as a [[Socialism\|socialist]] organization but later shifted to an [[Anarcho-syndicalism\|anarcho-syndicalist]] position.

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	== History ==		== History ==
	The IWW allowed Black workers to join at a time when they were still excluded from other unions, including the [[American Federation of Labor]]. During a lumber worker [[Strike action\|strike]] in 1911 and 1912, half of the strikers were Black.		The IWW allowed Black workers to join at a time when they were still excluded from other unions, including the [[American Federation of Labor]]. During a lumber worker [[Strike action\|strike]] in 1911 and 1912, half of the strikers were Black. During the 1910s, the IWW carried out strikes of tens of thousands of workers.

	In 1912, the [[Syndicalist League of North America]], led by [[William Z. Foster]], split from the IWW.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Heyday of the Socialist Party (1905-1914)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-eight-heyday-of-socialist-party.html}}</ref>		In 1912, the [[Syndicalist League of North America]], led by [[William Z. Foster]], split from the IWW.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Heyday of the Socialist Party (1905-1914)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-eight-heyday-of-socialist-party.html}}</ref>

			The IWW opposed the [[First World War]]. In September 1917, IWW headquarters across the country were raided and 2,000 members were arrested.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=World War I: Social-Democratic Betrayal (1914-1918)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-nine-world-war-i-social.html}}</ref>

			In 1920, the IWW General Executive Board endorsed the [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Third International]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Formation of the Communist Party (1919-1921)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-twelve-formation-of-communist.html}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==
	<references />		<references />
	[[Category:Trade unions]]		[[Category:Trade unions]]

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	The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' is an international leftist [[~~Labor~~ union\|union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Eric Thomas Chester\|year=2014\|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false\|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref>		The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' ('''IWW''') is an international leftist [[Trade union\|union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Eric Thomas Chester\|year=2014\|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false\|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref> The IWW began as a [[Socialism\|socialist]] organization but later shifted to an [[Anarcho-syndicalism\|anarcho-syndicalist]] position.

			== History ==
			The IWW allowed Black workers to join at a time when they were still excluded from other unions, including the [[American Federation of Labor]]. During a lumber worker [[Strike action\|strike]] in 1911 and 1912, half of the strikers were Black.

			In 1912, the [[Syndicalist League of North America]], led by [[William Z. Foster]], split from the IWW.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Heyday of the Socialist Party (1905-1914)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-eight-heyday-of-socialist-party.html}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==
			<references />
			[[Category:Trade unions]]

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{{Infobox political party|name=Industrial Workers of the World|founded=June 27, 1905|membership=11,275|logo=IWW logo.png}}

The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' is an international leftist [[Labor union|union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members.<ref>{{Citation|author=Eric Thomas Chester|year=2014|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref>

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	{{Infobox political party\|name=Industrial Workers of the World\|founded=June 27, 1905\|abbreviation=IWW\|newspaper=''Industrial Worker''\|membership=11,275\|political_orientation=[[Anarcho-syndicalism]]<br>[[Libertarian socialism]]\|website=https://www.iww.org/\|logo=IWW logo.png}}		{{Infobox political party\|name=Industrial Workers of the World\|founded=June 27, 1905\|abbreviation=IWW\|newspaper=''Industrial Worker''\|membership=11,275\|political_orientation=[[Anarcho-syndicalism]]<br>[[Libertarian socialism]]\|website=https://www.iww.org/\|logo=IWW logo.png}}

	The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' ('''IWW''') is an international leftist [[trade union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Eric Thomas Chester\|year=2014\|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false\|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref> The IWW began as a [[Socialism\|socialist]] organization but later shifted to an [[Anarcho-syndicalism\|anarcho-syndicalist]] position.		The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' ('''IWW''') is an international leftist [[trade union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members,<ref>{{Citation\|author=Eric Thomas Chester\|year=2014\|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday\|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false\|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref> but it was brutally suppressed by the [[Government of the United States of America\|capitalist dictatorship]] from 1917 to 1924.<ref name=":0233">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Land of the Free\|page=167–168\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref> The IWW began as a [[Socialism\|socialist]] organization but later shifted to an [[Anarcho-syndicalism\|anarcho-syndicalist]] position.

	== History ==		== History ==

			=== Foundation ===
	The IWW was founded in Chicago in June 1905.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Nathalie Hrizi\|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]\|title=Anarchism’s track record: What is militancy without a winning program?\|date=2008-02-01\|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/anarchisms-track-record-what-is-militancy-without-a-winning-program/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127183242/https://liberationschool.org/anarchisms-track-record-what-is-militancy-without-a-winning-program/\|archive-date=2020-11-27\|retrieved=2022-08-28}}</ref>		The IWW was founded in Chicago in June 1905.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Nathalie Hrizi\|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]\|title=Anarchism’s track record: What is militancy without a winning program?\|date=2008-02-01\|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/anarchisms-track-record-what-is-militancy-without-a-winning-program/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127183242/https://liberationschool.org/anarchisms-track-record-what-is-militancy-without-a-winning-program/\|archive-date=2020-11-27\|retrieved=2022-08-28}}</ref>

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	In 1912, the [[Syndicalist League of North America]], led by [[William Z. Foster]], split from the IWW.<ref name=":1">{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Heyday of the Socialist Party (1905-1914)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-eight-heyday-of-socialist-party.html}}</ref>		In 1912, the [[Syndicalist League of North America]], led by [[William Z. Foster]], split from the IWW.<ref name=":1">{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Heyday of the Socialist Party (1905-1914)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-eight-heyday-of-socialist-party.html}}</ref>

			=== First World War ===
	The IWW opposed the [[First World War]]. In September 1917, IWW headquarters across the country were raided and 2,000 members were arrested.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=World War I: Social-Democratic Betrayal (1914-1918)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-nine-world-war-i-social.html}}</ref> Unlike the AFL, the IWW refused to take a pledge not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" />		The IWW opposed the [[First World War]]. In September 1917, IWW headquarters across the country were raided and 2,000 members were arrested.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=World War I: Social-Democratic Betrayal (1914-1918)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-nine-world-war-i-social.html}}</ref> Unlike the AFL, the IWW refused to take a pledge not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" />

			In April 1918, Chicago charged 113 IWW leaders with a total of over 10,000 charges. The jury only debated for one hour and convicted all defendants on all charges. 35 people were sentenced to five years in prison, 33 to ten years, and 15 to 20 years. [[Bill Haywood]] was convicted to 20 years but escaped to the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|USSR]].

			26 IWW members from [[Kansas]] and 62 from [[State of California\|California]] were sentenced to 1–10 years in prison in late 1918 and early 1919. 64 IWW members were held without trial in Omaha, [[Nebraska]] for over a year.<ref name=":0233" />

			=== Postwar ===
	In 1920, the IWW General Executive Board endorsed the [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Third International]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Formation of the Communist Party (1919-1921)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-twelve-formation-of-communist.html}}</ref>		In 1920, the IWW General Executive Board endorsed the [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Third International]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Formation of the Communist Party (1919-1921)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-twelve-formation-of-communist.html}}</ref>

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	== History ==		== History ==
	The IWW allowed Black workers to join at a time when they were still excluded from other unions, including the [[American Federation of Labor]]. During a lumber worker [[Strike action\|strike]] in 1911 and 1912, half of the strikers were Black. During the 1910s, the IWW carried out strikes of tens of thousands of workers.		The IWW was founded in Chicago in 1905.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Tom Mackaman\|newspaper=[[World Socialist Web Site]]\|title=The Wobblies (1979): What the IWW means for the working class today\|date=2022-05-25\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/05/26/kezm-m26.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715132458/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/05/26/kezm-m26.html\|archive-date=2022-07-15\|retrieved=2022-07-29}}</ref>

			The IWW allowed Black workers and women to join at a time when they were still excluded from other unions, including the [[American Federation of Labor]].<ref name=":0" /> During a lumber worker [[Strike action\|strike]] in 1911 and 1912, half of the strikers were Black. During the 1910s, the IWW carried out strikes of tens of thousands of workers.

	In 1912, the [[Syndicalist League of North America]], led by [[William Z. Foster]], split from the IWW.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Heyday of the Socialist Party (1905-1914)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-eight-heyday-of-socialist-party.html}}</ref>		In 1912, the [[Syndicalist League of North America]], led by [[William Z. Foster]], split from the IWW.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Heyday of the Socialist Party (1905-1914)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-eight-heyday-of-socialist-party.html}}</ref>

	The IWW opposed the [[First World War]]. In September 1917, IWW headquarters across the country were raided and 2,000 members were arrested.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=World War I: Social-Democratic Betrayal (1914-1918)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-nine-world-war-i-social.html}}</ref>		The IWW opposed the [[First World War]]. In September 1917, IWW headquarters across the country were raided and 2,000 members were arrested.<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=World War I: Social-Democratic Betrayal (1914-1918)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-nine-world-war-i-social.html}}</ref> Unlike the AFL, the IWW refused to take a pledge not to strike during the war.<ref name=":0" />

	In 1920, the IWW General Executive Board endorsed the [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Third International]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Formation of the Communist Party (1919-1921)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-twelve-formation-of-communist.html}}</ref>		In 1920, the IWW General Executive Board endorsed the [[Communist International (1919–1943)\|Third International]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=William Z. Foster\|year=1952\|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States\|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/\|chapter=The Formation of the Communist Party (1919-1921)\|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-twelve-formation-of-communist.html}}</ref>