I.W.W.
abbreviation
I.W.W.
American
Or
IWW
abbreviation
IWW
British
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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Under IWW organizers, “Bread and Roses” became the first successful interracial, cross-ethnic industrial strike in U.S. history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
When they made their feelings known, the management called police to report that a bunch of “Wobblies” — members of the activist IWW union — were making trouble.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2023
The prosperous classes saw the IWW as a grave threat to the country, one much aggravated by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917.
From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2022
"Big" Bill Haywood told delegates at the founding convention of the IWW in 1905:
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2022
The IWW advocated for direct action and, in particular, the general strike, as the most effective revolutionary method to overthrow the capitalist system.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
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