The One Big Union Monthly
''The One Big Union Monthly'' was a monthly publication of the General Executive Board of the Industrial Workers of the World The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), members of which are commonly termed "Wobblies", is an international labor union that was founded in Chicago in 1905. The origin of the nickname "Wobblies" is uncertain. IWW ideology combines gener ... (IWW). The first series ran from March 1919 to January 1921. The second series ran from January 1937 to June 1938. First series In the first issue the editor promised to produce a regular monthly magazine of 64 pages, half dealing with reports from within the IWW and half consisting literary contributions, cartoons and other illustrations. Whereas pure news items would be handled by the IWW's weekly press the ''OBU Monthly'' aimed to summarise and interpret such news from across the world. The magazine was offered for sale at 15¢, with an annual subscription of $1.50. The first issue included a piece ''In Mem ...
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Industrial Workers Of The World
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), members of which are commonly termed "Wobblies", is an international labor union that was founded in Chicago in 1905. The origin of the nickname "Wobblies" is uncertain. IWW ideology combines general unionism with industrial unionism, as it is a general union, subdivided between the various industries which employ its members. The philosophy and tactics of the IWW are described as "revolutionary industrial unionism", with ties to socialist, syndicalist, and anarchist labor movements. In the 1910s and early 1920s, the IWW achieved many of their short-term goals, particularly in the American West, and cut across traditional guild and union lines to organize workers in a variety of trades and industries. At their peak in August 1917, IWW membership was estimated at more than 150,000, with active wings in the United States, the UK, Canada, and Australia. The extremely high rate of IWW membership turnover during this era (estimated at ...
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Karl Liebknecht
Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht (; 13 August 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a German socialist and anti-militarist. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) beginning in 1900, he was one of its deputies in the Reichstag from 1912 to 1916, where he represented the left-revolutionary wing of the party. In 1916 he was expelled from the SPD's parliamentary group for his opposition to the political truce between all parties in the Reichstag while the war lasted. He twice spent time in prison, first for writing an anti-militarism pamphlet in 1907 and then for his role in a 1916 antiwar demonstration. He was released from the second under a general amnesty three weeks before the end of the First World War. During the November Revolution that broke out across Germany in the final days of the war, Liebknecht proclaimed Germany a "Free Socialist Republic" from the Berlin Palace on 9 November 1918. On 11 November, together with Rosa Luxemburg and others he founded th ...
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Covington Hall
William Covington Hall (August 25, 1871 – February 21, 1952), who also wrote under the pen names Covington Ami and Covami, was an American labor organizer, newspaper editor, writer, and poet. Hall was an active member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and rose to some prominence within the organization. Hall played a major role in the Louisiana-Texas Timber War and the United Fruit Company strike of 1913. He spent most of his life in Louisiana, particularly in New Orleans. Early life Hall was born on August 25, 1871, in Woodville, Mississippi to a well-off family. His father was a Presbyterian minister. His family soon moved to Louisiana and lived in Terrebonne Parish on his family's sugar plantation until it was foreclosed upon in 1891, an event which prompted Hall to move to New Orleans where he took up a series of jobs including selling insurance. The loss of his family land and the Thibodaux massacre played a major role in forming Hall's political beliefs. It ...
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Monthly Magazines Published In The United States
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