I.W.W.
abbreviation
I.W.W.
American
Or
IWW
abbreviation
IWW
British
abbreviation
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A three-hundred-and-fifty-page file on Post attempted to tarnish him with evidence about everything from contacts with I.W.W. members to his advocacy of divorce reform.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019
The I.W.W. had more flash than breadth—the number of members probably never exceeded a hundred thousand—but the Wobblies caught the public imagination with their colorful posters, stirring songs, and flair for drama.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019
It depicts a young man stepping over a low barrier toward the viewer with one hand raised against a red sky emblazoned with the letters I.W.W., for the Industrial Workers of the World.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2013
A century ago, the I.W.W. — better known as the Wobblies — was a swaggering, radical union with 100,000 members.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2010
Adam heard of the development of the I.W.W. with its angry angels.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
The Red Scare followed—the government arrested and deported radicals, breaking unions like the IWW and hobbling labor for a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
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
But Walter also strives for historical accuracy: The defiantly feminist IWW organizer Elizabeth Gurley Flynn is central to the story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2020
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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