About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 115. Chapters: Book burning, Direct action, Tactical frivolity, General strike, Flag desecration, Industrial Workers of the World philosophy and tactics, List of book burning incidents, Shoeing, Hunger strike, Nonviolent resistance, Topfreedom, Nudity and protest, Mau movement, Zap, Pieing, None of the above, 2011 Algerian self-immolations, Land War, Boycott, Mooning, Demonstration, Social nudity in Seattle, Black bloc, Dirty protest, Sit-in, Tax resistance, Picketing, Guerrilla Tarbut, Take Back the Night, Human chain, Affirmative action bake sale, Non-human electoral candidates, Bed-In, Spoilt vote, Cacerolazo, Lockdown, Ecotage, Qur'an desecration, Open cabildo, Sex strike, Petition, Secondary action, Ruckus Society, Radical cheerleading, Turn Your Back on Bush, Sitdown strike, R.W.D.S.U., Local 558 v. Pepsi-Cola Canada Beverages Ltd., Mooning the Cog, Work-to-rule, Lock-on, Die-in, Sleeping dragon, Candlelight vigil, Inflatable rat, Banner drop, Love-in, Escrache, Red bloc, Culture strike, Raasta roko, Padded bloc. Excerpt: The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is a union of wage workers which was formed in Chicago in 1905 by militant unionists and their supporters due to anger over the conservatism, philosophy, and craft-based structure of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Throughout the early part of the Twentieth century the philosophy and tactics of the Industrial Workers of the World were frequently in direct conflict with those of the American Federation of Labor (forerunner of the AFL-CIO) concerning the best ways to organize workers, and how to best improve the society in which they toiled. The AFL had one guiding principle-pure and simple trade unionism, often summarized with the slogan a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. The IWW embraced two guiding principles, fighting like the AFL for better wages, h...
