IWW Newspapers 1906-1946 (maps)
By Kenyon ZimmerThese maps and tables detail the ninety known American periodicals officially affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World in the early decades of the 20th century (excluding single-issue publications). They were published in 19 different languages and, although many were short-lived and claimed tiny circulations, key newspapers lasted into the 1930s, and the Industrial Worker continues today. These data were compiled by Kenyon Zimmer in connection with his book, Immigrants Against the State: Yiddish and Italian Anarchism in America (University of Illinois, 2015). Scroll below the visualizations for a full list of newspapers and the sources for these maps. Here are other IWW maps.These maps and charts are hosted by Tableau Public and may take a few seconds to respond. If slow, refresh the page.
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City | State | Publication | Language | Began | Ended | Max known circulation |
Alexandria | LA | The Lumberjack | English | 1913 | 1913 | unknown |
Baltimore | MD | Darbiniku Balsas | Lithuanian | 1914 | 1919 | unknown |
Brooklyn | NY | Der Yaker | Yiddish | 1915 | 1915 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Buoreviestnik | Bulgarian | 1917 | 1917 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Rabotnicheska Misul | Bulgarian | 1917 | 1917 | 100 |
Chicago | IL | Rabotnicheska Probuda | Bulgarian | 1919 | 1920 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Rabotnik | Bulgarian | 1917 | 1917 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Glas Radnika | Croatian | 1919 | 1922 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Snaga Radnika | Croatian | unknown | unknown | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Jedna Velká Unie | Czech | 1920 | 1931 | 3000 |
Chicago | IL | Defense News Bulletin | English | 1917 | 1918 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Industrial Pioneer | English | 1921 | 1926 | 12500 |
Chicago | IL | Industrial Solidarity | English | 1921 | 1931 | 8000 |
Chicago | IL | Industrial Union Bulletin | English | 1907 | 1909 | 11500 |
Chicago | IL | Industrial Worker (III) | English | 1931 | 1938 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | One Big Union Monthly (I) | English | 1919 | 1921 | 6000 |
Chicago | IL | One Big Union Monthly (II) | English | 1937 | 1938 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Railroad Workers' Bulletin | English | 1925 | 1925 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Solidarity (II) | English | 1920 | 1921 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | The New Solidarity | English | 1918 | 1920 | 1500 |
Chicago | IL | Workers Defense | English | 1931 | 1932 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Industrialen Rabotnik | Finnish | 1924 | 1924 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Der Klassen-Kampf | German | 1919 | 1920 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Der Weckruf | German | 1912 | 1915 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | A Felszabádulás | Hungarian | 1918 | 1925 | 800 |
Chicago | IL | Bérmunkás | Hungarian | 1912 | 1946 | 6000 |
Chicago | IL | Ipari Munkás | Hungarian | 1917 | 1917 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Uj Taradalom | Hungarian | 1917 | 1917 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Il Nuovo Proletario | Italian | 1918 | 1919 | 1000 |
Chicago | IL | Proletaras | Lithuanian | 1919 | 1923 | 2000 |
Chicago | IL | Solidárność | Polish | 1913 | 1917 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Muncitorul | Romanian | 1919 | 1919 | 150 |
Chicago | IL | Golos Truzhenika | Russian | 1918 | 1927 | 1500 |
Chicago | IL | Povenetakaya Sveada | Russian | unknown | unknown | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Rabochaia riech' | Russian | 1915 | 1915 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Trudovaia Mysl' | Russian | 1919 | 1919 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Defensa obrera | Spanish | 1918 | 1918 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | La Nueva Solidaridad | Spanish | 1918 | 1919 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Solidaridad | Spanish | 1919 | 1930 | 7500 |
Chicago | IL | Nya Världen | Swedish | 1919 | 1919 | unknown |
Chicago | IL | Der Industrialer Arbayter | Yiddish | 1919 | 1919 | unknown |
Cleveland | OH | Průmyslový Dĕlník (Cleveland; Chicago) | Czech | 1913 | 1915 | unknown |
Cleveland | OH | One Big Union Bulletin | English | 1935 | 1935 | unknown |
Cleveland | OH | Solidarity (I) | English | 1911 | 1917 | 12000 |
Detroit | MI | The Young Recruit | English | 1932 | 1932 | unknown |
Duluth | MN | Industrijalni Radnik (Duluth; Chicago) | Croatian | 1925 | 1925 | unknown |
Duluth | MN | Ahjo | Finnish | 1919 | 1919 | 500 |
Duluth | MN | Industrialisti | Finnish | 1917 | 1975 | 10000 |
Duluth | MN | Teollisuustyöläinen | Finnish | 1916 | 1917 | unknown |
Houston | TX | The Rip-Tide | English | 1935 | 1935 | unknown |
Joliet | IL | The Industrial Worker | English | 1906 | 1907 | 1024 |
Lawrence | MA | Het Licht | Flemish | 1919 | 1919 | unknown |
Lawrence | MA | L'Emancipation (Lawrence;Olneyville) | French | 1911 | 1912 | unknown |
Los Angeles | CA | The Wooden Shoe | English | 1912 | 1914 | unknown |
Los Angeles | LA | El Rebelde | Spanish | 1915 | 1917 | 2000 |
Los Angeles | CA | Huelga General | Spanish | 1913 | 1914 | 1000 |
Minneapolis | MN | Allarm | Swedish | 1915 | 1917 | unknown |
New Bedford | MA | A Luz | Portuguese | 1919 | 1919 | unknown |
New Orleans | LA | Voice of the People (II) | English | 1913 | 1914 | 1500 |
New York | NY | Fellow Worker | English | 1920 | 1920 | 12000 |
New York | NY | Machine Age | English | 1929 | 1929 | unknown |
New York | NY | One Big Union Advocate | English | 1939 | 1939 | unknown |
New York | NY | Rebel Worker | English | 1918 | 1919 | 12000 |
New York | NY | The Labor Defender | English | 1918 | 1918 | unknown |
New York | NY | The Marine Worker | English | 1921 | 1936 | 25000 |
New York | NY | The Negro Worker | English | 1918 | 1918 | unknown |
New York | NY | Luokkataistelu | Finnish | 1919 | 1919 | 5000 |
New York | NY | Tie Vapauteen | Finnish | 1919 | 1929 | 8000 |
New York | NY | Védelem | Hungarian | 1917 | 1917 | unknown |
New York | NY | Il Lavoratore Industriale | Italian | 1906 | 1907 | unknown |
New York | NY | Il Proletario | Italian | 1906 | 1942 | 7000 |
New York | NY | Haidamaky | Russian | 1914 | 1916 | unknown |
New York | NY | Solidaridad | Spanish | 1919 | 1930 | 7500 |
New York | NY | Industriele Arbayter Shtime | Yiddish | 1920 | 1920 | 5000 |
New York | NY | Klassenkampf | Yiddish | 1919 | 1919 | 5000 |
Paterson | NJ | Textile Worker | English | 1919 | 1919 | 500 |
Phoenix | AZ | La Union Industrial | Spanish | 1919 | 1919 | unknown |
Portland | OR | Voice of the People (I) | English | 1914 | 1914 | 1500 |
Providence | RI | Ragione Nuova | Italian | 1919 | 1919 | unknown |
San Diego | CA | Libertad y Trabajo | Spanish | 1908 | 1909 | unknown |
San Francisco | CA | Cal Defense Bulletin | English | 1918 | 1918 | unknown |
Seattle | WA | Industrial Worker (II) | English | 1913 | 1931 | 9000 |
Seattle | WA | The Industrial Unionist | English | 1919 | 1919 | unknown |
Seattle | WA | The New Unionist | English | 1918 | 1918 | unknown |
Seattle | WA | Solidaridet | Swedish | 1919 | 1919 | unknown |
Seattle | WA | Industri-Arbetaren | Swedish/Norwegian | 1924 | 1925 | unknown |
Spokane | WA | Industrial Worker (I) | English | 1909 | 1913 | 9000 |
Tampa | FL | El Obrero Industrial | Spanish | 1914 | 1914 | unknown |
unknown | unknown | Darbunuku Balas | Hungarian | unknown | unknown | unknown |
Research: Kenyon Zimmer.
Database management and maps: James Gregory, Arianne Hermida.