Below is a collection of IWW documents ranging from the present day all the way back to the union’s founding. Reading these can give you a sense of what our union is about, what our history is, and how we are similar to and different from other unions you may know.

• The ABC’s of Revolutionary Unionism by F. N. Brill
• Charles Scontras’ History of the IWW in Maine
• Direct Action by Paul Bouget (1909)
• The General Strike by Bill Haywood (1911)
• The General Strike by Ralph Chaplin (1933)
• Industrial Workers of the World – What Everyone Should Know
• The IWW and The Industrial Union Movement in America
• The IWW: Its History, Structure, and Methods by Vincent St. John (1917)
• The IWW Versus the KKK in Maine (Historical Press Clippings)
• The Kids’ Annotated Preamble
• One Big Union
• Preamble, Constitution, and General Bylaws of the Industrial Workers of the World
• Preamble to the IWW Constitution
• A Quiz on You and the Arms Race
• The Role of the Dual Carder in the IWW by Joshua Freeze
• Think It Over
• Weakening the Dam
• You Are the Union: Membership in the IWW