tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post282946468402126667..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: The Last Of The WobbliesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-3113944518743611362014-09-03T04:36:12.122-04:002014-09-03T04:36:12.122-04:00My condolences to your friend's family and to ...My condolences to your friend's family and to you, from a fellow worker.<br /><br />Come my time, I hope to have the same fortitude.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528637318288802178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-54944124346670363002014-09-03T00:15:00.552-04:002014-09-03T00:15:00.552-04:00Thank you Peter for correcting my error, probably ...Thank you Peter for correcting my error, probably brought on by the fact that while I wrote the post I was listening to a record that Billie gave me, "The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death," which seemed appropriate to listen to while I contemplated his death. In any case, I have corrected it, with a [] recognizing my earlier mistake.<br /><br />It is interesting that there are new IWW-affiliated groups appearing. As I noted in my main post, I googled the group and got mostly fairly minimal appearances. Their official HQ is in Chicago.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-21194605956380682452014-09-02T23:37:35.567-04:002014-09-02T23:37:35.567-04:00Barkley, let me be the first to point out that the...Barkley, let me be the first to point out that the correct name is the <i>Industrial</i> Workers of the World. I too was a member once, long ago, but I stopped paying dues when I could no longer abide addressing other human beings as "fellow worker". (Or "woiker".)<br /><br />Also, the Wobs have taken on a sort of second wind with young anarchist-oriented activists. I've had several as students in recent years, and there's an ongoing group here in Olympia.<br /><br />Until his death back in 08, Utah Phillips was a great recruiter for the IWW, and he recorded all the best-known "songs to fan the flames of discontent".<br /><br />Actually, now that I think of it, we had our very own economist-Wobbly in Fred Lee. He's retired from economics but what about Wobblydom?<br /><br />Sorry to hear about your friend though. Workplace injuries and diseases remain under the radar here in the US, and most middle and upper class types have no idea what a toll they still take.Peter Dormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093399591393648071noreply@blogger.com