Always on Strike

Frank Little and the Western Wobblies

by Arnold Stead

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Description

Though widely recognized as one of the Industrial Workers of the World's leading members and one of its most prominent militants, this is the first book-length biography of Frank Little. Little's life offers innumerable lessons for working class people facing many of the same economic injustices in today's world.

Arnold Stead, PhD, is a poet, fiction writer, historian, playwright, and jazz and film critic. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife and family.

Author Bios

Arnold Stead, Ph.D. in English Literature (University of Missouri-Columbia ’93), is a poet, fiction writer, historian, playwright, jazz and film critic. He lives in Minneapolis, MN with his wife and family.

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ISBN: 9781608462209

Publication date: December 23, 2014

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 –Western Wobblies

Chapter 2 – Free Speech Fights

Chapter 3 –Miners, Harvest & Oil

Chapter 4 –Urgency and Conspiracy

Chapter 5 – Haywood, Martyrdom and History

Afterward – Frank Little, Where are You?

Reviews

"Today, Frank Little gets remembered as another Wobbly martyr, overshadowed by folksinger and labor organizer Joe Hill. But as historian Irving Werstein wrote, "Next to Big Bill Haywood, Frank Little was the most vital leader of the IWW." Arnold Stead's short and engaging Always on Strike: Frank Little and the Western Wobblies aims to recover his mighty struggles and special boldness as object lessons for left-wingers organizing in the shadow of the Great Recession."
Socialist Worker
"Today, Frank Little gets remembered as another Wobbly martyr, overshadowed by folksinger and labor organizer Joe Hill. But as historian Irving Werstein wrote, "Next to Big Bill Haywood, Frank Little was the most vital leader of the IWW." Arnold Stead's short and engaging Always on Strike: Frank Little and the Western Wobblies aims to recover his mighty struggles and special boldness as object lessons for left-wingers organizing in the shadow of the Great Recession."
—Socialist Worker

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