''Solidarity'' was a newspaper published by the

Industrial Workers of the World The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), whose members are nicknamed "Wobblies", is an international labor union founded in Chicago, United States in 1905. The nickname's origin is uncertain. Its ideology combines general unionism with indu ...

from 1909 to 1917. It was the official periodical of the organization in its early years. It was born as part of the McKees Rocks strike in 1909, initially by the IWW's Pittsburgh-New Castle Industrial Council. During the IWW's involvement in the local steel industry in New Castle and in

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, the entire editorial and production staff of ''Solidarity'' was jailed. Over the years, ''Solidarity'' had many different editors. Publication was carried on in

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. By April 1913, publication had moved to

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, where it remained until March 3, 1917. The newspaper began publishing in

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, on March 10, 1917. The first issue of ''Solidarity'' was published on December 18, 1909, and publication lasted until March 18, 1917. In November, 1917, publication of ''Solidarity'' was suspended and replaced by ''Defense News Bulletin'', which chronicled the IWW's legal campaign to defend union members and leaders who had been arrested under the government's anti-

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campaign. ''Defense News Bulletin'' continued publication until July 1918.

Editors

The following members of the

were editors of ''Solidarity'': * A.M. Stirton * H.A. Goff * Ben H. Williams (1909–March 3, 1917) *

Ralph Chaplin Ralph Hosea Chaplin (1887–1961) was an American writer, artist and labor activist. Background Chaplin was born in 1887. At the age of seven, he saw a worker shot dead during the Pullman Strike in Chicago, Illinois. He had moved with his f ...

(March 10, 1917–) * J. W. Wilson (served as acting editor from October 6, 1917, after Chaplin was arrested in IWW raids in Chicago) * P.J. Welinder * John Sandgren

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Solidarity Archive
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