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2.

The Structure and Functions of the Industrial Union.

Goal of the industrial union.

Economic power of

the proletariat rests in the indispensability of labor. Organization must parallel the organization of the capitalist class. Organization industrially, along the

lines of the product instead of the tool.

of the Local Industrial Union.

Structure

Branches of the Local

Industrial Union. Structure of the National Industrial

Union. Industrial unionism an expression of the class struggle. Dual mission of the industrial union.

3. Structure and Mission of the Industrial Republic.

Oneness of the proletariat. Ideal is concentration of authority, accompanied by local self-government. The present structure of the W. I. I. U: the Local Industrial Council; the Industrial Department; the annual convention, and the General Executive Board. In the future Republic of Labor, representation not territorial. The industry will be the constituency. Each industry will be controlled by its national industrial union. The Industrial Department is necessary to co-ordinate productive effort. Industrial

councils will manage local affairs. The General

Executive Board will be merely the executive heads
of Departments. The Convention will become the In-
dustrial Congress, a strong central directing

authority.

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Why political action is used. Purpose of industrial
Necessity for strikes deplored. General strike

tactics.

rejected as a weapon of revolution.

Chapter III

The I. W. W.

1.

The I. W. W. and the State.

2.

Summary.

The schism in the I. W. W. over the question of political action. The I. W. W. a variation from

De Leon. The I. W. W. conception of the political

State.

Attitude of neutrality toward existing

government.

Internationalism vs. nationalism.

No

co e reion; their ideal is co-operation. Rejection
of political action obliges them to rely on physical
force. This exposes them to violence. Attitude
toward present ethical and legal system. Method of
revolution is to be that of physical force. The
transition.

Industrial Unionism.

Structure of I. W. W. and W. I. I. U. almost

identical. Difference in allocation of power. What
they mean by One Big Union.

Local union of I. W. W.

contrasted with local union of . I. I. U. Indus

trial union of I. W. W. contrasted with industrial
union of W. I. I. U.

Contrast in departments. Con

trast in the general organization of the I. W. W.

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