John (Johan) Sandgren (1883,

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– 17 October 1932,

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) was a

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syndicalist Syndicalism is a labour movement within society that, through industrial unionism, seeks to unionize workers according to industry and advance their demands through strikes and other forms of direct action, with the eventual goal of gainin ...

active in

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and the

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. He was editor of ''

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'' and '' The Industrial Pioneer'', publications of the

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. In 1909 he visited the

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on behalf of the

1909 Swedish general strike The Swedish general strike () of August 4 to September 6, 1909, was a general work stoppage by over 300,000 individuals all over Sweden. It was the first major conflict between the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (), and the Swedish Employers ...

. During the 1920s he supported himself through working for a translation agency which he had established.

Works

Translations: * ''Varför jag är syndikalist'' (Why I am A Syndicalist) by

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translated into Swedish * '' The IWW Needs an Industrial Encyclopedia'', ''

'', November 1919 pp. 42–44

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sandgren, John Swedish trade unionists Syndicalists 1883 births 1932 deaths Swedish expatriates in the United States Swedish syndicalists