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title: 'Wobblies of the World: A Global History of the IWW'
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> Glib-tongued theory is of little help in the class struggle unless it is backed by class loyalty and class action ... A man is not what he thinks, but what he does. It is easy to think war, or think strike, or to theorise on tactica, but it takes real manhood and real womanhood to back up these theories and these thoughts in the actual everyday battle of the working class.
>> Direct Action

> His [Tom Glynn] confidence was well founded: employers were not obliged to recognize unions, but workers in strategic positions in industries such as transport, mining, and power could defy the law.
>> Lucien van der Walt, "<q>All Workers Regardless of Craft, Race or Colour</q>: The First Wave of IWW Activity and Influence in South Africa"
