Socialism and singlejacking
A review of Stan Weir's writings, 'Singlejack Solidarity'. "The term singlejack... On-the-job organisers for the Western Federation of Miners and the Industrial Workers of the World... used it to describe that method of organising where dedicated advocates are developed one at a time on a highly personalised basis..." The leading Minneapolis Trotskyist Ray Dunne was a prime example. An IWW shop steward met Dunne, aged 15, in a lumberjack camp. He identified Dunne as willing to stand up against the boss, and also thoughtful. The IWWer (according to a later interview by Dunne with Harry Ring)...