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Subject: INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD (I.W.W.)
Matches Found: 7

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` COMPONENT, by F. JOHN HERBERT    Poem Source                    
First Line: Designing their own chains working on a component
Last Line: So the people will feel that tandem will make ourselves free%and we will find a new basis of ethics
Subject(s): Industrial Workers Of The World (i.w.w.); Labor And Laborers; Labor Unions


IN THE BINDERY, by ELAINE TERRANOVA    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The shift begins. Metal clanks
Last Line: A change of heart but then goes on.
Subject(s): Factories; Industrial Workers Of The World (i.w.w.); Labor & Laborers; Labor Unions; Work; Workers


JOE HILL, by ALFRED HAYES    Poem Source                    
First Line: I dreamed in saw joe hill last night
Last Line: I never died,' says he
Subject(s): Hill, Joe (1879-1915); Industrial Workers Of The World (i.w.w.); Labor Unions; Social Protest


LAST WILL, by JOE HILL    Poem Source                    
First Line: My will is easy to decide
Last Line: Good luck to all of you
Alternate Author Name(s): Hillstrom, Joesph; Hagglund, Joel
Subject(s): Industrial Workers Of The World (i.w.w.); Labor Unions; Social Protest


PROSPERITY, by FRED VOSS    Poem Source                    
First Line: The big company bought the little company
Last Line: Became clear to the workers
Subject(s): Corporate Life; Industrial Workers Of The World (i.w.w.); Industry; Labor And Laborers; Labor Unions; Money


THE GRUNTER, by WALT MASON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: If you're complaining of your task, and sighing
Last Line: His wages, will land some morning at the dump, and there he'll stay for ages.
Subject(s): Industrial Workers Of The World (i.w.w.); Labor & Laborers; Labor Unions; Wages; Work; Workers; Salaries


THE LIVING DEAD, by RALPH CHAPLIN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie
Last Line: And dare not speak!
Subject(s): Freedom; Industrial Workers Of The World (i.w.w.); Labor Unions; Liberty