The Wobblies and pre-IWW anarchists/trade unionist history are really interesting. I got interested in them through references in Pynchon’s ‘Against the Day’ and Ken Kesey’s ‘Sometimes a Great Notion’.
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http://www.tolatsga.org/ill.html
This article is pretty dense and may not be what you’re referring to but it’s good history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Workers_of_the_World
This organization had a lot to do with Hobo culture.
http://www.iww.org/en/store/books/kerr
These are good book recommendations even thought I’m plugging my Grandfather, Jack Sheridan, who wrote one of the articles.
The Wobblies and pre-IWW anarchists/trade unionist history are really interesting. I got interested in them through references in Pynchon’s ‘Against the Day’ and Ken Kesey’s ‘Sometimes a Great Notion’.