IWW History Project
IWW History Project Links to photos and documents, timeline of events, maps of strikes, IWW newspapers, and more.
Open Collections Program: Women Working, Lawrence Strike of 1912
Open Collections Program: Women Working, Lawrence Strike of 1912 A history of the Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912 led by the I.W.W., commonly known as the “Bread and Roses” strike.
History of the Socialist Party
If the defining characteristic of an American third party is finishing third in a presidential contest, then the Socialist Party has been the country’s quintessential third party, recording seven third- place finishes from 1904 to 1944. And the Socialists arguably...
KCTS 9 – History Making: General Strike
In 1919, workers in Seattle staged the first general strike in the United States. Sixty thousand union men and women walked off their jobs in shipyards, bakeries, restaurants, and lumber mills. This five day citywide shutdown was an important first...
Anna Louise Strong Archive
Anna Louise Strong Archive Works: 1919: No One Knows Where 1925: Children of Revolution 1925: First Time in History 1925: Stalin ‘The Voice of the Party’ Breaks Trotsky 1941: Stalin 1946: Talk with Mao Tse Tung 1949: In North Korea:...
Anna Louise Strong story
Anna Louise Strong story Anna Louise Strong (1885-1970) was one of the leaders of the Seattle General Strike in 1919 and an early advocate of communism. Although she left the United States just as the Communist Party was starting, her...
Parsons, Lucy Gonzales
Parsons, Lucy Gonzales Lucy Gonzales Parsons (c. 1853 – March 7, 1942) was a labor organizer and orator. A dynamic, militant, self-educated public speaker and writer, she became the first American woman of color to carry her crusade for socialism across...