Direct Action & Sabotage: Three Classic IWW Pamphlets from the 1910s

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The pamphlets reprinted here were first published in the 1910s amid great controversy. This new edition from the Charles H. Kerr Library contains 'Direct Action and Sabotage' (1912) by William E. Trautmann, 'Sabotage: Its History, Philosophy and Function' (1913) by Walker C. Smith and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn's 'Sabotage: The Conscious Withdrawal of the Workers' Industrial Efficiency' (1916), edited and with an introduction by Salvatore Salerno.

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"This is an exhilarating collection of texts, which will delight anyone who faces the managerialist oppressions and humiliations of daily life. As these texts joyfully identify, sabotage is (possible) everywhere and provides the basis for richer, freer humane relations." --Benjamin Franks, Anarchist Studies

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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was a labor leader, activist, and feminist who played a leading role in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). She was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union; a visible proponent of women's rights, birth control, and women's suffrage; and the author of The Rebel Girl. Walker C. Smith was a leading member of the IWW who wrote and edited socialist newspapers, philosophical tracts, pamphlets, satirical plays, and even verse. He is the author of The Everett Massacre. William E. Trautmann was founding General-Secretary of the IWW and one of six people who initially laid plans for the organization in 1904. He is the author of the novel Riot. Salvatore Salerno is the author of Red November, Black November: Culture and Community in the Industrial Workers of the World and has contributed articles to the Haymarket Scrapbook anthology and many other publications. He is a professor on the community faculty staff of Metropolitan State University. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.