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To: tubebender
A "Wobbly" was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, and were properly of the "anarcho-syndicalist" persusasion.
47 posted on 12/31/2002 8:52:04 PM PST by willyboyishere
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To: willyboyishere
Incidentally, the Wobblies predated the depression, going
all the way back to 1905, being started by Big Bill Haywood, through the auspices of the Western Federation of Miners. They still maintain their antiquated website iww.org,
and haven't become any more sophisticated in their rhetoric in the intervening 97 years.
49 posted on 12/31/2002 8:58:13 PM PST by willyboyishere
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To: willyboyishere
A "Wobbly" was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, and were properly of the "anarcho-syndicalist" persusasion.

Which just goes to show that if you wait long enough, everything comes back in style. Seems like the anarchists of the early 20th century would be right at home with today's "anti-globalist" crowd. Seems like the anti-globalists aren't precisely sure who they're pissed off at, they just know they're might pissed off.

51 posted on 12/31/2002 9:03:58 PM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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