{"product_id":"big-red-songbook-250-iww-songs-paperback","title":"Big Red Songbook: 250] Iww Songs! - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArchie Green\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid Roediger\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFranklin Rosemont\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1905, representatives from dozens of radical labor groups came together in Chicago to form One Big Union--the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), known as the Wobblies. The union was a big presence in the labor movement, leading strikes, walkouts, and rallies across the nation. And everywhere its members went, they sang.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheir songs were sung in mining camps and textile mills, hobo jungles and flop houses, and anywhere workers might be recruited to the Wobblies' cause. The songs were published in a pocketsize tome called the \u003cem\u003eLittle Red Songbook\u003c\/em\u003e, which was so successful that it's been published continuously since 1909. In \u003cem\u003eThe Big Red Songbook\u003c\/em\u003e, the editors have gathered songs from over three dozen editions, plus additional songs, rare artwork, personal recollections, discographies, and more into one big all-embracing book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIWW poets\/composers strove to nurture revolutionary consciousness. Each piece, whether topical, hortatory, elegiac, or comic served to educate, agitate, and emancipate workers. A handful of Wobbly numbers have become classics, still sung by labor groups and folk singers. They include Joe Hill's sardonic \"The Preacher and the Slave\" (sometimes known by its famous phrase \"Pie in the Sky\") and Ralph Chaplin's \"Solidarity Forever.\" Songs lost or found, sacred or irreverent, touted or neglected, serious or zany, singable or not, are here. The Wobblies and their friends have been singing for a century. May this comprehensive gathering simultaneously celebrate past battles and chart future goals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn addition to the 250+ songs, writings are included from Archie Green, Franklin Rosemont, David Roediger, Salvatore Salerno, Judy Branfman, Richard Brazier, James Connell, Carlos Cortez, Bill Friedland, Virginia Martin, Harry McClintock, Fred Thompson, Adam Machado, and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArchie Green\u003c\/b\u003e was an American folklorist specializing in laborlore (defined as the special folklore of workers) and American folk music. \u003cb\u003eTom Morello\u003c\/b\u003e is an original member of the rock bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave. \u003cb\u003eUtah Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e was a labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller, poet, and the \"Golden Voice of the Great Southwest.\" \u003cb\u003eDavid Roediger \u003c\/b\u003eis Kendrick Babcock Chair of History at the University of Illinois. \u003cb\u003eFranklin Rosemont\u003c\/b\u003e was an editor of many works and with Penelope Rosemont helmed the venerable radical publishing house the Charles H. Kerr Co. \u003cb\u003eSalvatore Salerno\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and a professor on the Community Faculty staff of Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770498220320,"sku":"9781629631295","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/44cc30515cc5c05f71626272f0b3cdf3.webp?v=1780372958","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/big-red-songbook-250-iww-songs-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}