Hellraisers Journal: Industrial Workers of the World Publishes New Preamble, One of “Most Important” Acts of Convention

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Between these two classes a struggle must go on
until the workers of the world organize as a class,
and take possession of the earth
and the machinery of production
and abolish the wage system.
-Industrial Workers of the World

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Hellraisers Journal – Monday October 12, 1908
Chicago, Illinois – Recent I. W. W. Convention Revises Preamble

From The Industrial Union Bulletin of October 10, 1908:

CONVENTION NOTES.

The fourth annual convention of I. W. W. finished its work Thursday evening, Oct. 1, 1908…..

The change in the preamble of the constitution was one of the most important of all the acts of the convention…..

IWW New Preamble, IUB, Oct 10, 1908

From The Industrial Union Bulletin of September 19, 1908:

IWW Preamble, IUB p4, Sept 19, 1908

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SOURCE & IMAGES
The Industrial Union Bulletin
(Chicago, Illinois)
-Oct 10, 1908
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/industrialworker/iub/v2n25-oct-10-1908-iub.pdf
-Sept 19, 1908
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/industrialworker/iub/v2n24-sep-19-1908-iub.pdf

See also:

Tag: IWW Convention of 1908
https://weneverforget.org/tag/iww-convention-of-1908/

The IWW
A Study of American Syndicalism

-by Paul Frederick Brissenden, Ph.D.
2nd Edition, NY, 1920
https://books.google.com/books?id=5CRAAAAAYAAJ
Page 213-Chapter IX: Doctrinaire Versus Direct-Actionist (1908)
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=5CRAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA213
Page 221-re Convention begins Sept 21, 1908 with
“Overall Brigade” present and EGF only woman delegate.
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=5CRAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA221

For in depth study of 1908 IWW Convention
-scroll down to find links for days 1-10:
Hellraisers Journal: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Western Overall Brigade Present at Chicago Convention of IWW

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