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Founding Convention of the IWW: Proceedings
618 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 1969
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November 5, 2026
It’s a good historical artifact, five stars for that sure I guess. Daniel de Leon really thought it was necessary to get payment for a full transcript of the Convention passed in this stew of bloviaters as one of the most bloviating and good for him I guess.
I started this as part of a pursuit into the history of American labor and didn’t get much out of it besides something akin to “OK this is maybe too much democracy”, felt most deeply when ~150 pages were spent debating the wording of a single clause of the constitution. Eugene Debs seems to have quickly agreed.
That being said it’s cool that it exists and I love my friend who got me this and we respect the IWW for their position and wins in American labor history but we must also point out from a Leninist framework their mistaken and erroneous reasons for existence
I started this as part of a pursuit into the history of American labor and didn’t get much out of it besides something akin to “OK this is maybe too much democracy”, felt most deeply when ~150 pages were spent debating the wording of a single clause of the constitution. Eugene Debs seems to have quickly agreed.
That being said it’s cool that it exists and I love my friend who got me this and we respect the IWW for their position and wins in American labor history but we must also point out from a Leninist framework their mistaken and erroneous reasons for existence
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