Good day, Comrades!
Workers of the World Unite!
Today we celebrate Labor Day in America with this screening of The Wobblies. This 1979 documentary tells the story of the Industrial Workers of the World through interviews with the people who were there during it’s American heyday.
Here’s what the Fulvue Drive-In has to say about the film:
“…they changed the course of labor power in the U.S. and the world. Even since the 1980s, where the decline of The Industrial Age, overseas labor, Reaganomics, Neo-Conservatism and the collapse of most Communist governments, the precedents they set are still benefiting labor today.
The I.W.W. organized unskilled labor into a force to be reckoned with, including rights for female and minority workers. At the time before larger populations and mass media, they were able to get their act together and attacked what they saw as corporate greed. They also gained from the sense of fair play in that those who work should benefit with a living wage and won the 8-hour workweek battle. As is the case today with lesser companies, there were no education or advancement opportunities, meaning a sort of un-American caste system cleverly disguised as free market economy.”
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This doc was re-released on DVD a few years back and it has rightly generated a new-found interest in the I.W.W. With all the confused propaganda about Socialism in America nowadays, this film goes a long way toward setting the record straight.
Be sure to enjoy all the great old Labor songs in this film. It’s practically a musical!
Ladies and gentlemen, meet The Wobblies:
Check out this great graphic history of the I.W.W.!
Stay Awake!
Joe Nolan <3
