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• Wobbly : the rough-and-tumble story of an American radical (Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, [1948], 1948), by Ralph Chaplin, Paul Avrich Collection (Library of Congress), and Anarchism Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Memories of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) (Occasional paper - American Institute for Marxist Studies #24; 1977), by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The I. W. W.: A Study of American Syndicalism (second edition, second printing; New York: Russell and Russell, c1957), by Paul F. Brissenden (page images at HathiTrust)
• The I.W.W. (text from the original magazine version, 1955), by James Patrick Cannon (illustrated HTML at marxists.org)
• American Syndicalism: The I. W. W. (New York: Macmillan, 1913), by John Graham Brooks
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• The Centralia Conspiracy, by Ralph Chaplin
  • illustrated HTML at MSU
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
• Evolution and the I. W. W., by Industrial Workers of the World General Defense Committee (California Branch) (PDF page images at MSU)
• Giant Industry and the I. W. W., by Industrial Workers of the World (PDF page images at MSU)
• The I. W. W.: A Study of American Syndicalism (dissertation; 1919), by Paul F. Brissenden (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The I. W. W., an Auxiliary of the German Espionage System: History of the I. W. W. Anti-War Activities, Showing How the I. W. W. Program of Sabotage Inspired the Kaiser's Agents in America (1918), by T. Everett Harré, contrib. by Ralph M. Easley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The I. W. W. and Political Parties, by Industrial Workers of the World (PDF page images at MSU)
• The I.W.W.: Its History, Structure, and Methods (Chicago: I. W. W. Publishing Bureau, 1917), by Vincent St. John (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Justice and the I. W. W., by Paul F. Brissenden (PDF page images at MSU)
• The Launching of the Industrial Workers of the World (University of California Publications in Economics v. 4, no. 1; 1913), by Paul F. Brissenden (page images at HathiTrust)
• One Big Union of the I. W. W., by Industrial Workers of the World (HTML at MSU)
• Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Industrial Workers of the World (selected conventions, 1905-1919), by Industrial Workers of the World (partial serial archives)
• The Revolutionary I. W. W.; How Scabs Are Bred; The Constructive Program of the I. W. W. (Chicago: I. W. W. Publishing Bureau, ca. 1913), by Grover H. Perry and B. H. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Socialist Reconstruction of Society, by Daniel De Leon (HTML at marxists.org)
• To The Beasts: In California As in Ancient Rome, by Industrial Workers of the World (PDF page images at MSU)
• Education and System: The Basis of Organization, by Industrial Workers of the World
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• An Open Letter to President Harding, by Industrial Workers of the World (PDF page images at MSU)
• Persecution of Union Men in California, by Industrial Workers of the World (PDF page images at MSU)
• The Red Dawn: The Bolsheviki and the I.W.W. (Chicago: I. W. W. Publishing Bureau, ca. 1918), by Harrison George (multiple formats at archive.org)
• To the I.W.W.: A Special Message from the Communist International (Moscow) (Melbourne: Proletarian Pub. Assoc., 1920), by Grigory Yevseyevich Zinovyev and Communist International Executive Committee (HTML at marxists.org)
• What Sort of Union is the I.W.W. Asking You to Build?, by Industrial Workers of the World (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Left Wing Unionism: A Study of Radical Policies and Tactics (New York: International Publishers, 1926), by David J. Saposs (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Everett Massacre: A History of the Class Struggle in the Lumber Industry, by Walker C. Smith (PDF page images at MSU)
• Industrial Unionism: The Road to Freedom, by Joseph J. Ettor (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Red Conspiracy (New York: National Historical Society, 1920), by Joseph J. Mereto
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• As to Politics, by Daniel De Leon
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• Minutes of the ... constitutional general convention of the Industrial Workers of the World (New York Labor News Company, 1905), by Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kratkai͡a istorii͡a, stroenie i metody borʹby I.R.M. (Izd. Izdatelʹskago Bi͡uro Industrialʹnykh Rabochikh Mira, 1912), by Vincent St. John (page images at HathiTrust)
• A csehszlovákiai I.W.W. adminisztráció tagjainak kiáltványa a világ összes ipari munkásaihoz. (Kiadja az Industrial Workers of the World, Magyar Központi Szervező Bizottsága, 1926) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Általános sztrájk : az ipari szabadságért. (Cleveland :A "Bérmunkás" lapbizottsága, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mr. Block and the profiteers (Published by All-American Publishing Co., 1919), by Ernest Riebe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The truth about the I. W. W. (National civil liberties bureau, 1918), by American Civil Liberties Union (page images at HathiTrust)
• The I. W. W., a study of American syndicalism (New York, 1919), by Paul F. Brissenden (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Centralia conspiracy : the truth about the Armistice day tragedy (General defence committee, 1924), by Ralph Chaplin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The casual laborer and other essays (Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920), by Carleton H. Parker, Cornelia Stratton Parker, and Anarchism Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The I.W.W. in theory and practice (Industrial Workers of the World, 1921), by Justus Ebert (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the class struggle in the lumber industry (I.W.W. Publishing Bureau, 1918), by Walker C. Smith and Anarchism Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• American syndicalism : the I.W.W. (Macmillan Company, 1913), by John Graham Brooks (page images at HathiTrust)
• The I. W. W., its first fifty years, 1905-1955; the history of an effort to organize the working class. (Industrial Workers of the World, 1955), by Fred Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wobbly : the rough-and-tumble story of an American radical (Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, [1948], 1948), by Ralph Chaplin, Paul Avrich Collection (Library of Congress), and Anarchism Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Uno storico processo di classe; i precedenti e lo svolgimento del processo dell'I.W.W.a Chicago. ([Chicago?], 1918), by Angelo Faggi (page images at HathiTrust)
• Testimony before the Industrial Relations Commission. (I.W.W. Pub. Bureau, 1915), by Big Bill Haywood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The revolutionary I.W.W. (I.W.W. Publishing Bureau, 1916), by Grover H. Perry and B. H. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The I.W.W., its history, structure and methods. (I.W.W. Publishing Bureau, 1912), by Vincent St. John (page images at HathiTrust)
• Istorii︠a︡ industrialʹnykh rabochikh mira. (Izd. Ispolnitelʹnago komiteta russkikh otdelov I.R.M., 1921), by Yakov Sanzhur (page images at HathiTrust)
• The trial of a new society, being a review of the celebrated Ettor-Giovannitti-Caruso case, beginning with the Lawrence textile strike that caused it and including the general strike that grew out of it. (I. W. W. Pub. Bureau, 1913), by Justus Ebert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Selected articles on modern industrial movements (The H. W. Wilson company, 1919), by Daniel Bloomfield (page images at HathiTrust)
• Inside the I.W.W., by a former member and official a study of the behavior of the I.W.W., with reference to primary causes (F.R. Wedge, 1924), by Frederick Rhinaldo Wedge (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'Unionismo industriale (Italian I.W.W. Publishing Bureau, 1917), by Albino Braida, Giovanni Baldazzi, and Italian I.W.W. Publishing Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Il Banchetto dei Cancri : (dopo Matteotti). (Lavoratori Industriali del Mondo, 1925), by Armando Borghi (page images at HathiTrust)
• Socialist reconstruction of society : the industrial vote (Socialist Labor Party, 1919), by Daniel De Leon (page images at HathiTrust)
• More truth about the I.W.W. : facts in relation to the trial at Chicago by competent industrial investigators and noted economists. (Industrial Workers of the World, 1918), by Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evidence and cross-examination of J.T. (Red) Doran in the case of the U.S.A. vs. Wm. D. Haywood et al. (General Defense Committee, 1918), by Industrial Workers of the World. General Defense Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• The general strike for industrial freedom. (Industrial Workers of the World, 1933) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Opening statement of Geo. F. Vanderveer, counsel for the defense o f one hundred and one members of the Industrial Workers of the World, in the case of the U.S.A. vs. Wm. D. Haywood, et al. (I. W. W. Publishing Bureau, 1918), by George F. Vanderveer and United States. District Court (Illinois : Northern District) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Open letter to the president from 52 members of the I.W.W. now in Leavenworth Penitentiary (General Defense Committee, 1922), by Industrial Workers of the World. General Defense Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evidence and cross examination of William D. Haywood in the case of the U.S.A. vs. Wm. D. Haywood, et al. (General defense committee, 1918), by Big Bill Haywood, Frank Knowlton Nebeker, George F. Vanderveer, and United States. District Court (Illinois : Northern District) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prisoners, The truth about the I.W.W. (The Union, 1922), by American Civil Liberties Union (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of Harris Weinstock : Commissioner to investigate the recent disturbances in the city of San Diego and the county of San Diego, California, to His Excellency Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of California. (Superintendent of State Printing, 1912), by California. Commissioner to Investigate Disturbances in San Diego and Harris Weinstock (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the IWW (Chicago, Ill. : Industrial Workers of the World, [approximately 1924], 1924), by Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• Di geshikhṭe fun der Amerikaner arbeyṭer baṿegung (A.S.A.P. Poets "Brenṭsh zeḳs (Parṭey-shul opṭeylung), 1920), by Ḥayim Ḳanṭoroṿiṭsh (page images at HathiTrust)
• What is the I.W.W. preamble? : a dialogue. (Published by Dept. of Education, Agricultural Workers Industrial Union, No. 110, I.W.W., 1922), by Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• Labor is Entitled to All It Produces (Chicago, Illinois : General Administration, Industrial Workers of the World, [1916], 1916), by Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• Labor is Entitled to All It Produces (Chicago, Illinois : General Headquarters, Industrial Workers of the World, [1911], 1911), by Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• Testimony of William D. Haywood before the Industrial Relations Commission. (I.W.W. Pub. Bureau, in the 1910s), by Big Bill Haywood and Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• Constitution and by-laws of the Industrial Workers of the World : adopted Chicago 1905 ([Chicago, Illinois] : Industrial Workers of the World, [1905], 1905), by Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• Labor is Entitled to All It Produces (Chicago, Illinois : National Headquarters, Industrial Workers of the World, [1906], 1906), by Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• Labor is Entitled to All It Produces (Chicago, Illinois : General Headquarters, Industrial Workers of the World, [1908], 1908), by Industrial Workers of the World and Industrial Workers of the World. Detroit Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Labor is Entitled to All It Produces ([Detroit, Mich.] : General Headquarters, [H. Richter, General Sec-Treas. I.W.W. P.O. Box 651], [after 1909], 1909), by Industrial Workers of the World. Detroit Branch, H. Richter, and Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• Labor is Entitled to All It Produces (Chicago, Illinois : General Headquarters, Industrial Workers of the World, [1913], 1913), by Industrial Workers of the World and Ill.) Industrial Workers of the World. Convention 1913 : Chicago (page images at HathiTrust)
• Labor is Entitled to All It Produces (Chicago, Illinois : General Administration, Industrial Workers of the World, [1914], 1914), by Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• Injury to One is An Injury to All (Chicago, Ill. : General Administration, Industrial Workers of the World, 1928., 1928), by Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• Unionismo industriale e trade-unionismo : puo' un socialista e industrialista far oarte dell' A.F. of L.? : resoconto stenografico del contradittorio tra Joseph J. Ettor ed Arturo Caroti (Industrial Workers of the World, 1912), by Joseph James Ettor and Arturo Caroti (page images at HathiTrust)
• Industrial unionism : the road to freedom (Industrial Workers of the World Pub. Bureau, 1913), by Joseph J. Ettor (page images at HathiTrust)
• The I.W.W. in theory and practice (Industrial Workers of the World, 1918), by Justus Ebert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Was it murder? : the truth about Centralia (Northwest District Defense Committee, 1922), by Walker C. Smith and Industrial Workers of the World. Northwest District Defense Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Appelants' reply brief ([publisher not identified], 1920), by Britt Smith, George F. Vanderveer, Washington (State). Supreme Court, and Washington (State) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Appellants' abstract of record ([publisher not identified], 1920), by Britt Smith, George F. Vanderveer, Washington (State). Supreme Court, and Washington (State) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Appellants' opening brief ([publisher not identified], 1920), by Britt Smith, George F. Vanderveer, Washington (State). Supreme Court, and Washington (State) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supplemental abstract of Respondent ([publisher not identified], 1920), by Britt Smith, George F. Vanderveer, Washington (State). Supreme Court, and Washington (State) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Brief of Respondent, the State of Washington ([publisher not identified], 1920), by Britt Smith, George F. Vanderveer, Washington (State). Supreme Court, and Washington (State) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of industrial unionism (Industrial Workers of the World, 1905), by W. E. Trautmann, A. S. Edwards, and Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• The advancing proletariat : a study of the movement of the working class from wage slavery to freedom (Published by the Industrial Workers of the World, 1919), by Abner E. Woodruff and Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preamble and constitution of the Industrial Workers of the World, organized July 7, 1905. As adopted 1905 and amended by conventions and ratified by referendum votes 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1919. (Industrial Workers of the World, 1919), by Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• Federal political prisoners still in prison, April 1, 1922. (American Civil Liberties Union, 1922), by American Civil Liberties Union (page images at HathiTrust)
• State of South Dakota vs. Frank Godlasky : appellant's brief and argument (Barnard & Miller, 1922), by Frank Godlasky, Harold O. Mulks, and South Dakota. Supreme Court (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ol' rags an' bottles. (National Civil Liberties Bureau, 1919), by National Civil Liberties Bureau (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The War on the Colorado miners : militia, state police, mine guards, and courts all attack the rights to meet, parade, and picket. (American Civil Liberties Union, 1928), by American Civil Liberties Union (page images at HathiTrust)
• The desert of wheat : a novel (New York ; London : Harper & Brothers, 1919., 1919), by Zane Grey, Joe L. Wheeler, and W. H. D. Koerner (page images at HathiTrust)
• One big union of the Industrial Workers of the World (Industrial Workers of the World, 1957), by Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• The foundation for the new psychology; an explanation of the existing class conflict between capital and labor and method of eliminating it. (B. Meyerson, 1915), by Ben Meyerson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zur revolutionären Gewerkschaftsbewegung in Amerika, Deutschland und England : eine vergleichende Betrachtung (G. Fischer, 1922), by Hans Bötcher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the General Secretary-Treasurer, Industrial Workers of the World ... convention. (Industrial Workers of the World, in the 1900s), by Industrial Workers of the World. General Secretary Treasurer and W. E. Trautmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• The one big union : will it emancipate the worker? (Angus & Robertson, 1919), by Patrick Scott Cleary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Revoli͡ut͡sīonnyĭ industrīalizm (Izdanie Izd. Bi͡uro industrīalʹnykh rabochikh mīra, 1919), by Grover H. Perry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rise of the Industrial Workers of the World in Goldfield, Nevada (1912), by Laura A White (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Pamphlets; a kit of 11 pamphlets on I.W.W. and labor in the U.S.A. (Chicago, 1918), by Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• The casual laborer : and other essays (Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920), by Carleton Hubbell Parker and Cornelia Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The launching of the Industrial Workers of the World (Johnson Reprint Corp., 1966), by Paul F. Brissenden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Organization, the road to freedom. (Lumber Workers' Industrial Union, No. 120, I.W.W., 1919), by Lumber Workers' Industrial Union No. 120 (page images at HathiTrust)
• Eleven blind leaders (Solidarity Literature Bureau, 1910), by Benjamin H. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Di geshikhṭe fun der Ameriḳaner arbeyṭer baṿegung. (A.S.A.F. Poy. Ts. "Brenṭsh Zeḳs" (Parṭey-Shul opṭeylung), 1920), by Haim Kantorovitch (page images at HathiTrust)
• The I.W.W. movement (1915), by Pembroke Holcomb Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• American syndicalism the I.W.W (Macmillan, 1913), by John Graham Brooks (page images at HathiTrust)
• The I. W. W.; a study of American syndicalism (Columbia University; [etc., etc.], 1919), by Paul F. Brissenden (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Everett Massacre : A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry (I.W.W. Publishing Bureau, 1918), by Walker C. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• The I.W.W.; a study of American syndicalism (Columbia university; [etc., etc.], 1920), by Paul F. Brissenden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Americanism versus Bolshevism (Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920), by Ole Hanson (page images at HathiTrust)
• I.W.W. deportation cases : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, House of Representatives, Sixty-sixth Congress, second session, April 27 to 30, 1920 : statement of W. A. Blackwood : reports in the cases of various aliens transferred from Seattle, Wash., and other points to Ellis Island, N.Y., for deportation, and thereafter released. (G.P.O., 1920), by United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, W. A. Blackwood, and Immigration Collection of Prescott Farnsworth Hall (Harvard College Library) (page images at HathiTrust)
• American syndicalism; the I.W.W. (AMS Press, 1969), by John Graham Brooks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Centralia, tragedy and trial. (Shorey Book Store., 1967), by Ben Hur Lampman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Socijalistička obnova društva (Izd. Knjižare "Radničke borbe", 1920), by Daniel De Leon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Craft unionism (Industrial Workers of the World, 1905), by Eugene V. Debs (page images at HathiTrust)
• The I.W.W. trial : story of the greatest trial in labor's history by one of the defendants (Industrial Workers of the World, 1918), by Harrison George (page images at HathiTrust)
• As to politics : a discussion upon the relative importance of political action and of class-conscious economic action and the urgent necessity of both. (National Executive Committee, Socialist Labor Party, 1915), by Daniel De Leon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of Harris Weinstock, Commissioner to investigate the recent disturbances in the city of San Diego and the county of San Diego, California, to His Excellency Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of California. (Superintendent of State Printing, 1912), by California. Commissioner to Investigate Disturbances in San Diego and Harris Weinstock (page images at HathiTrust)
• I.W.W. songs to fan the flames of discontent (I.W.W. Pub. Bureau, 1916), by Joe Hill, Washington State Library. Manuscripts Collection, Washington State Library. Classics in Washington History, and Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• The I.W.W. : its history, structure and methods (I.W.W. Pub. Bureau, 1913), by Vincent St. John and George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Politicheskata akt͡sii͡a : elna diskusii͡a vŭrkhu otnositelnata vazhnost na politicheskata akt͡sii͡a i klaso-sŭznatelnata ekonomicheska akt͡sii͡a i nalezhashtata neobkhodimost otŭdvi͡eti͡e (Sŭi͡uzna sot͡s. knizharnit͡sa i pechatnit͡sa , 1920), by Daniel De Leon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Left wing unionism a study of radical policies and tactics (International publishers, 1926), by David J. Saposs (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Centralia case : report on the Armistice day tragedy at Centralia, Washington, November 11, 1919. (Brooklyn Eagle Press], 1930), by Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Dept. of Research and Education, Central Conference of American Rabbis. Social Justice Commission, and National Catholic Welfare Conference. Social Action Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vallankumouksellinen Industrial Workers of the World (Duluth, Minn. : Workers Socialist Publishing Company [191-?], in the 1910s), by Grover H. Perry and K. Kiikka (page images at HathiTrust)
• As to politics, and a discussion upon the relative importance of political action and of classconscious economic action, and the urgent necessity of both. (New York Labor News Co., 1935), by Daniel DeLeon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Justice to the I.W.W. Open letter to the President (American civil liberties union, 1920), by Alexander Sidney Lanier (page images at HathiTrust)
• One big union of the Industrial Workers of the World (Chicago, Ill. : Industrial Workers of the World, [1924?], 1924), by Archie Green, W. E. Trautmann, and Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• I.W.W. songs to fan the flames of discontent (Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. : Industrial Workers of the World, [1922 or 1923], 1922), by Archie Green, John Neuhaus, Minnie Abbott Dalton, Katie Phar, and Industrial Workers of the World (page images at HathiTrust)
• The I.W.W. in the lumber industry (Lumber Workers' Industrial Union, in the 1920s), by James Rowan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The launching of the Industrial Workers of the World (University of California Press, 1913), by Paul F. Brissenden and Berkeley University of California (page images at HathiTrust)
• The I. W. W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, by Paul F. Brissenden (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Everett Massacre: A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry, by Walker C. Smith (Gutenberg ebook)

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