The I. W. W.: A Study of American Syndicalism

PART I

BEGINNINGS

CHAPTER I

FORERUNNERS OF THE I. W. W.

The revolutionary doctrines of the I. W. W. are spoken of today as constituting the "new unionism" or the "new socialism". It cannot be too strongly emphasized, however, that neither I. W. W.-ism nor the closely related but materially different French syndicalism are brand-new codes wh...