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Soapbox Rebellion, a new critical history of the free speech fights of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), illustrates how the lively and colorful soapbox culture of the "Wobblies" generated novel forms of class struggle. From 1909 to 1916, thousands of IWW members engaged in dozens of fights for freedom of speech throughout the American West. The volatile spread and circulation of hobo agitation during these fights amounted to nothing less than a soapbox rebellion in which public speech became the principal site of the struggle of the few to exploit th

Freedom of speech -- United States. --- Industrial Workers of the World -- History. --- Labor movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century. --- Radicalism -- United States -- History. --- Social conflict -- United States -- History. --- Labor movement --- Radicalism --- Social conflict --- Freedom of speech --- Business & Economics --- Labor & Workers' Economics --- History --- Industrial Workers of the World --- History. --- Extremism, Political --- Ideological extremism --- Political extremism --- Class conflict --- Class struggle --- Conflict, Social --- Social tensions --- Political science --- Interpersonal conflict --- Social psychology --- Sociology --- IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) --- I.W.W. (Industrial Workers of the World) --- Wobblies --- Industrialʹnye rabotniki mira --- Sekai Sangyō Rōdōshadan --- IRM (Industrialʹnye rabotniki mira) --- I.R.M. (Industrialʹnye rabotniki mira) --- Industrialʹnye rabochie mira --- Trabajadores Industriales del Mundo --- Lavoratori industriali del mondo --- Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance --- IRM (Industrial Workers of the World) --- I.R.M. (Industrial Workers of the World) --- Průmysloví dělníci světa --- P.D.S. (Industrial Workers of the World) --- E-books