The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in Australia are better known for the stories told about them than for any document historical significance. Renowned for their audacity and hooliganism the 'Wobblies' were particularly notorious for their active opposition to World War I. This landmark book conveys the vitality and drama of Wobbly activity, and also assesses the impact of the IWW on Australian political and labour history. Drawing from an impressive range of sources, Verity Burgmann writes with vigour and passion about Wobbly culture, and describes their doctrines, methods and...
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in Australia are better known for the stories told about them than for any document historical significance....
Globalization has adversely affected working-class organization and mobilization; but international labour movement demobilization is not necessarily an irreversible trend. Globalization has prompted workers and their organizations to find new ways to mobilise.
This book examines international working-class opposition to globalization. It chronicles and critically scrutinizes the emergence of distinctively new forms of labour movement organization and mobilization that constitute creative initiatives on the part of labour. Workers have developed new ways to confront employer power...
Globalization has adversely affected working-class organization and mobilization; but international labour movement demobilization is not necessari...
Mapping the development of social movements in the Australian political landscape from feminism and Aboriginal rights to the new antiglobalization movement this book argues that corporate globalization has threatened or transformed established social movements and sparked powerful new forms of social protest. The emergence of anticapitalist and anticorporate activism is analyzed, and the profound challenges posed by this newest of social movements to the state, to society in general, and to the labor movement in particular are outlined. This replaces 186373211X. "
Mapping the development of social movements in the Australian political landscape from feminism and Aboriginal rights to the new antiglobalization mov...
