Book Suggestion Thread

[Mark V.]

Sorry if this has been created before.

I was hoping that some of our more well read members could help me find some good, accurate, books. I'm interested on finding a good book on the IWW, as well as the Iroquois league.

[socialistjustin]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1436335655/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/184-2469029-8277943


Thats about Iroquois teachings. It was recommended to me by a Seneca Anarchist and was a decent read, from what I read of it at least.

[Rocky Rococo]

Not about the Wobs specifically, but a book written by a radical of the era that will immerse you in the social currents, the atmosphere, the character of the times and the people of the times:

Dynamite by Louis Adamic (http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/review-dynamite-the-story-of-class-violence-in-america-by-louis-adamic/).

[NoOneIsIllegal]

Sorry if this has been created before.

I was hoping that some of our more well read members could help me find some good, accurate, books. I'm interested on finding a good book on the IWW, as well as the Iroquois league.
"The Industrial Workers of the World: Its First 100 Years 1905 - 2005" (http://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Workers-World-Hundred-Through/dp/0917124022/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315675666&sr=8-1) by Fred W Thompson and Jon Bekken


Oddly enough, Jon Bekken was kicked out of the IWW last year. A great book, but man, what a shady guy. Maybe it was written too soon, considering the IWW has grown by 300% in numbers since 2005.

[Mark V.]

Thanks for all the suggestions. Maybe this thread can be used by other members looking for a good and/or informative book to read.

[Ele'ill]

Anarcho-Syndicalism by Rudolf Rocker


Tiger Is A Scaredy Cat by Joan Phillips

[x359594]

Joe Hill and the Making of a Revolutionary Working Class Counterculture by FW Franklin Rosemount is my personal favorite book about the IWW because it's written in FW Rosemont's vivid prose and full of terrific insights as well as being profusely illustrated. Franklin passed away last year, a great guy who left us all too soon.

Other good books are Rebel Voices: An IWW Anthology second edition edited by Joyce Kornbluh, Fred Thompson and Franklin Rosemont and The IWW: A Documentary History edited by FW Lenny Flank. The former collects songs, cartoons, poems, articles from the IWW's various publications and pamphlets with commentaries by the editors, and the latter brings together the union's most important pamphlets in one volume. Also of interest is the PM Press booklet Solidarity Unionism at Starbucks by FW Daniel Gross and Staughton Lynd and the booklet Think It Over by FW Tim Acott.

[RED DAVE]

Don't forget:

Wobblies: A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World (http://www.amazon.com/Wobblies-Graphic-History-Industrial-Workers/dp/1844675254)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/1844675254/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=booksRED DAVE