The Wobblies

The Wobblies

6.7 1979 1h 29m United States of America

Through oral histories, archival footage, photographs, and songs associated with the movement, "The Wobblies" tells the story of the Industrial Workers of the World, the radical union founded in Chicago in 1905 to organize workers across trades. Featuring interviews with aging Wobbly members alongside historical materials from early twentieth-century labor struggles, the film explores the union’s role in strikes, worker activism, and the broader fight for labor rights in the United States.

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They were welded together by a vision we have forgotten... there has never been anything like them before or since. Through oral histories, archival footage, photographs, and songs associated with the movement, "The Wobblies" tells the story of the Industrial Workers of the World, the radical union founded in Chicago in 1905 to organize workers across trades. Featuring interviews with aging Wobbly members alongside historical materials from early twentieth-century labor struggles, the film explores the union’s role in strikes, worker activism, and the broader fight for labor rights in the United States.

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Directors
Stewart Bird, Deborah Shaffer
Cast
Charles Rydell, Anthony Bouza, Roger Baldwin
Production
Joint Federation for Support, The Center for Educational Productions, The National Endowment for the Humanities
Languages
English
Countries
United States of America

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