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Killers of IWW member Frank Teruggi sentenced in Chile

Frank Teruggi, an IWW member from Chicago and a native of Des Plaines, Ill., was kidnapped, tortured and murdered during the military coup in Chile in 1973. On Feb. 4, 2015 two Chilean military intelligence officers were convicted of the murder of Fellow Worker (FW) Teruggi and another American, Charles Horman. Brigadier General Pedro Espinoza […]

brief union 7 the 18 mars

– The 8 mars, an evening event took place at Montreal as part of the International Day of the rights and struggles of women. this celebration, celebrated for over a hundred years, was born of revolutionary activist Clara Zetkin, friend of Rosa Luxemburg. At the beginning, that day claimed the right to vote […]

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Wobblies worldwide

The United States, in Canada, in Britain and the & rsquo; Ireland, through Norway, l & rsquo; Germany, Lithuania, l & rsquo; Austria, Switzerland, Greece, l & rsquo; Australia and China, the Industrial Workers of the World are more than ever this Union to & rsquo; globally. But what do our organizers and organizing our spread to the four winds? […]

Brief union of 29 February 6 mars

– The 4 mars, workers of Manitoba distillery manufacturing the Crown Royal whiskey voted 98% the rejection of the final offer from their employer. Saturday, workers were on the picket lines to get a pay rise, vacation time and social assistance. […]

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Prospecting conjunctures

« What can Labor do for itself? The answer is not difficult. Labor can organize, it can unify; it can consolidate its forces. This done, it can demand and command.»—Eugene V. Debs A vision organizational work especially prevalent in the progressive middle is to assert that we must organize "in our midst" of life, job , […]