Where the Fraser River Flows: the Industrial Workers of the World in British Columbia

"The heroic and principled struggle of the Industrial Workers of the World to become the organization representing the working class in its contest with capital has been celebrated in story and song for most of this century. That they eventually lost this struggle is well known; less well understood is why. It is this why that concerns Mark Leier in Where the Fraser River Flows. In recounting the IWW's glory days in British Columbia, particularly the famous Free Speech Fights of 1909 and 1912, Leier shows that they were pitted against not just the bosses and government, but also against conservative elements within labour and the left. To ask what happened to the IWW, says Leier, is to ask a larger question-why is there no socialism?"--Page 4 of cover

OCLC: 20266417