Soapbox Rebellion The Hobo Orator Union and the Free Speech Fights of the Industrial Workers of the World, 1909-1916.

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May, Matthew S [Author]

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9780817386962

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HD8072 .S637 2013
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Subject: Soapbox Rebellion, a new critical history of the free speech fights of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), illustrates how the lively and colorful soapbox culture of the "Wobblies" generated novel forms of class struggle. From 1909 to 1916, thousands of IWW members engaged in dozens of fights for freedom of speech throughout the American West. The volatile spread and circulation of hobo agitation during these fights amounted to nothing less than a soapbox rebellion in which public speech became the principal site of the struggle of the few to exploit th.

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List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Nothing in Common: Militant Rhetorical History; 2. Sparks from a Live Wire: The Origins of the Free Speech Fights and the Battle of Spokane, 1909-1910; 3. A Class the Masters Fear: Fresno, 1910-1911; 4. A Spectacle of Agitators: San Diego, 1912; 5. Timber-beast Lament: The Everett Massacre, 1916; 6. Orator War Machines and the Will to Revolution; Notes; Glossary of Hobo Terms Used; Works Cited; Index

Soapbox Rebellion, a new critical history of the free speech fights of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), illustrates how the lively and colorful soapbox culture of the "Wobblies" generated novel forms of class struggle. From 1909 to 1916, thousands of IWW members engaged in dozens of fights for freedom of speech throughout the American West. The volatile spread and circulation of hobo agitation during these fights amounted to nothing less than a soapbox rebellion in which public speech became the principal site of the struggle of the few to exploit th.

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