Always on Strike: Frank Little and the Western Wobblies

Always on Strike: Frank Little and the Western Wobblies
Arnold Stead (Author)

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Anarchism

Though he is widely recognized as one of the Industrial Workers of the World's leading members and one of its most prominent militants, this is the first book-length biography of Frank Little. Little's life offers innumerable lessons for working-class people facing many of the same economic injustices in today's world.

Arnold Stead, PhD, is a poet, fiction writer, historian, playwright, and jazz and film critic. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife and family.

• Rank: #199905 in Books
• Published on: 2013-08-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .0 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 220 pages

Description #1 by eCrater - genealogyimagesofhistory:

On all multiple items after the first, you will receive a 10% discount.Postage will be combined and refund granted if saved. SOLIDARITY FOREVERINSERT THE NAME YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR IN THE BOX BELOW AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR eCRATER STORE IN THIS OR ANY OTHER TITLE OR NAME.Click here to check out our other products on eCRATER!Custom Search Genealogy Images Of History!Type in your family name or a specific topic you are looking for..Search titles and descriptions.Genealogy Index: Please see massive index below with print large enough for us old folks to read It is we who plowed the prairies; built the cities where they trade Dug the mines and built the workshops; endless miles of railroad laid Now we stand, outcast and starving, mid the wonders we have made; But the Union Made Us Strong. SOLIDARITY FOREVER SOLIDARITY FOREVER SOLIDARITY FOREVER FOR THE UNION MAKES US STRONG FACTUAL REPRESENTATION OF OUR WESTERN TREASURES It should be recalled that American workers did not always enjoy a 40 hour work week with wages apportioned to their labor. On the contrary, the early history of our workers were frought with children working, $2 a day labor, shooting of workers, hangings " yes, even massacres. IT SHOULD BE REMEMBERED. As many of you know, I specialize in finding old stories of long ago that have been overlooked, seldom found and rarely read. Here is the story Why I Wrote Solidarity Forever, by Ralph Chaplin with an introduction by Bruce LeRoy. Strange this name doesnt strike a chord among many. Yet, he was a most important figure in the fight for workers rights. Here was a true union pioneer and I am proud that I found him among a seldom read history just gathering on a dealers shelf. You will love it. Great black and white and color photographs of rare union posters. Folks, because the history of the INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD in our early days and the names of those early heroes of the union who made history with them werent indexed, and those of yours and our kinfolks lay unrecognized on some dealer's shelf, I index every story I present as shown below. Please read this. There were many a western story published " the common ones about Cowboys and Indians are listed on eCRATER every day but the rarer ones about the pioneers of the old west like this one are seldom found. Collectors treasure them and their price guide value rises every day. They are hard to find. I hunt them out because really the better, untold and rarer stories were published in the rest. Heres one of em. FOLLOWING PURCHASE AND PAYMENT, IF YOU WILL WRITE ME OF YOUR SPECIAL NAME OR INTEREST, I WILL DO A FREE SEARCH OF MY WEBSITE AND UNINDEXED STORIES AND NAMES. WWW.GENEALOGYIMAGESOFHISTORY.COM IF I FIND SOMETHING THAT I THINK MERITS YOUR INTEREST, I WILLWRITE A REVIEW AND PLACE IT ON eCRATER AND GIVE YOU NOTICE AND A HEAD START TO BUYITNOW! Following my retirement, I have dedicated my remaining hours to indexing the Genealogy of our western pioneers. During my research, I discovered that thousands of our kinfolk lay unfound and unrecognized on some book dealers shelf. Because Old Union History and Memorabilia was printed before computer indexing, I index every item I sell. This complete index will be bound and included in this offering at no additional cost. Humbly, I am trying to keep our history alive I hope you appreciate the effort. Folks, sooner or later - Genealogists are going to realize that their family kinfolksare laying on some dealer's dusty shelves. If I can contribute to finding one little name or photo of that long lost ancestor you have been waiting to find, its worth all the time I spend. WHY I WROTE SOLIDARITY FOREVER By Ralph Chaplin ANCESTORS INDEXED HEREIN, CIRCA 1890 " 1960 era ANCESTORS LOCATION: West Coast, US GENEALOGY NAMES INDEXED w * INDICATING PICTURE: BERGER, Victor BRIDGES, Harry, American Labor Union Leader BUBKA, Tony " San Francisco Longshoreman CHAPLIN, Ralph, Poet Laureate of the Industrial Workers of the World and imprisoned for his words and later pardoned by President Warren G. Harding. DEBS, Eugene Victor, American Labor Union Leader De LEON, Daniel EVEREST, Wesley, Union organizer lynched at Hangmans Bridge, Centralia Washngton GOMPERS, Samuel, American Labor Union Leader GREEN, Archie, Labor folklorist HAYWOOD, William Dudley, Big Bill, President of the IWW HENRY, Patrick, American Patriot JEFFERSON, Thomas, President of the United States JONES, Jim, Author of From Here To Eternity LANDIS, Kenesay Mountain, Judge " Sentenced IWW members to a term in the Federal Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. LeROY, Bruce LESCHI, Indian Chief executed as scapegoat for the Indian Wars of 1855 LITTLE, Frank, lynched for representing miners at Butte, Montana LONDON, Jack, Noted author PARSONS, Lucy PHELPS, William Lyon, Literary Editor of the Esquire Magazine REUTHER, Walter, American Labor Leader RUSSELL, Charles Edward, Industrial Socialist Review STEDMAN, Seymour, Industrial Socialist Review WHITMAN, Walt, Called The American Good Gray Poet POSTERS, PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS w * INDICATING PICTURE: Picture 1: Pictured is a photograph of poster entitled SOLIDARITY FOREVER * Pictures 2 and 3: Pictured is a photograph of posters by Ralph Chaplin * who designed these unforgettable images with the help of William Big Bill Haywood. Pictures 4, 5, and 6: Pictured is a photograph of posters by Ralph Chaplin * who designed these unforgettable images with the help of Archie Green. Pictures 7 and 8: Pictured is a photograph of posters circa World War I which was anti-war and a very rare poster often attributed to Jack London * Pictures 9. 10, 11 and 12: Pictured is a photograph of posters which were packaged and called Stickerettss. Today, the originals would be worth millions * Pictures 13 and 14: Pictured is black and white photographs of posters circa circa 1918 * MINOR FIGURES, ITEMS, PLACES AND THINGS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED: AFL-CIO Anarchists Marching Song ARU Railroad Strike Babuska Brisseenden Centralia Chicago Communists Everett Free Speech Gandy Dancers Gershuni Grass Roots Unionism Harvest stiffs Haymarket Square Riot Hold The Fort, Union Song sung by striking miners killed in rail of bullets, Everett, WA Hunger Demonstration IWW Agricultural Workers Union, Local 400 IWW " Industrial Workers of the World IWW Libertarian Purpose John Browns Body, tune for Solidarity Forever Kanawha County, West Virginia Kanawha Miners Strike, Huntington, West Virginia Kronstadt Rebellion Kropotkin Krushchev, Nikita La Carmignole, Comunist theme song Labor fakirs Labor Party Little Red Song Book Leavenworth Federal Prison, Kansas Marching Song of Industrial Freedom May Day Celebration Mr. Block, Union Song by Joe Hill New York Times One Big Industrial Union Pacific Northwest Pasternak Pie In The Sky, Union song Puget Sound Puget Sound Loggers SS Verona Sab-cat, symbol for slow down Scissorbills Silent Agitators Socialist Party Solidarity Forever Soviet Union Spokane Stickerett Day Stickeretts Tacoma Timber beasts Tolstoi Turgenezv United States Marshals Utah State Prison Washington State Historical Society Welfare State Western Federation of Miners Wobblies BIBLOGRAPHY, CREDITS Only The Drums Remembered, A Memento for Leschi Washington State Historical Society Wobbly: The Rough and Tumble Story of an American Radical WHY I WROTE SOLIDARITY FOREVER By Ralph Chaplin AMERICAN UNION MEMORABILIA IS RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING While others clip ads from magazines, I save history. Its a shame that our past is being lost. Its as simple as that. My wife kids me that after I find a piece I like, buy it, read it, research it, take a picture, scan it, write the blurb, pay the eCRATER entry fee and commission, that I end up making about 50 cents an hour. But, OH HOW I LOVE THIS OLD AMERICAN UNION HISTORY. What a story, Rare Story!!! Great Pictures. You will love it as it was published in this old complete western magazine printed on heavy slick paper many years ago. The issue is in good condition, the cover is in vibrant color. As clearly stated in my description, this is featured story in a rarely found and seldom read unusual and complete western magazine. I don't give out name of publication or date because I have caught competitors copying my index and work and trying to sell it as theirs. I hope you understand. Buyer pays postage of $3.50 Media Mail to US; $5.00 Priority; $13.25 via USPS Priority Mail International for International Mail. Texans must pay 8- % sales tax. Thanks, Tom THE INDEX IS A GENEALOGY IMAGESOFHISTORY COPYRIGHTED PRESENTATION

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Contributors: Arnold Stead - Author. Format: Paperback

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Always on Strike: Frank Little and the Western Wobblies