Reform or revolution? -- What means this strike? -- The burning question of trades unionism -- The Chicago Convention (the IWW's founding convention) -- The preamble of the IWW -- As to politics -- Syndicalism -- Industrial unionism.
Summary
"American socialist Daniel DeLeon was born in 1852 on the Caribbean island of Curacao. He joined the Socialist Labor Party in 1890 and soon became one of its leading figures. DeLeon was a fierce critic of the American trade union movement, dismissing its reformist goals. As a syndicalist and industrial unionist, he helped to form the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in 1905"--Cover.
