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Episode about the later history of the revolutionary union the Industrial Workers of the World 1918-1950s. We went to Chicago to talk to our friend Warren to learn more about this little-known period in the union’s history. If you haven’t heard it yet, listen to our first IWW episode, episode 6, here: https://soundcloud.com/workingclasshistory/iww-peter-cole-interview Support this podcast on patreon here: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory This is a playlist we compiled of IWW music: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL71HxBMvC6bxcbE373VUIFoIkZqqRVM79 FOOTNOTES Here are links to source information and further reading on the topics discussed in this episode Industrial Worker archive https://libcom.org/library/industrial-worker-newspaper The One Big Union Monthly archive https://libcom.org/library/one-big-union-monthly They didn't suppress the Wobblies - Fred Thompson https://libcom.org/history/they-didnt-suppress-wobblies-fred-thompson Blood on the coal: Colorado strike of 1927 - Patrick Murfin https://libcom.org/history/blood-coal-colorado-strike-1927-patrick-murfin The IWW since 1932 - George Pearce https://libcom.org/history/iww-1932-george-pearce Cleveland Metal and Machinery Workers 440 Shop Bulletins https://libcom.org/history/cleveland-metal-machinery-workers-440-shop-bulletins Educate, Organize, Emancipate: The Work People’s College and The Industrial Workers of the World https://tcorganizer.wordpress.com/2014/08/30/educate-organize-emancipate-the-work-peoples-college-and-the-industrial-workers-of-the-world/ 1950: report from Cleveland metalworkers union calling on the IWW to comply with Taft-Hartley https://libcom.org/library/1950-report-cleveland-metalworkers-union-calling-iww-comply-taft-hartley PUBLICATIONS The Wobblies in Their Heyday: The Rise and Destruction of the Industrial Workers of the World During the World War I Era by Eric Chester At the Point of Production: The Local History of the I.W.W. Edited by Joseph R. Conlin. From Syndicalism to Trade Unionism: The IWW in Ohio, 1905-1950 by Roy T. Wortman The Communist Party and the Auto Workers Unions by Roger Keeran ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Music used in the episode under Fair Use is: – There is power in the union – Joe Glazer – buy it online here: https://www.amazon.com/There-Power-Union/dp/B000S3FOSW Edited by Jesse French