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● Map successive additions of IMCs, internationally (chronologically?)
● Northeast Ohio/Akron anarchism, historically-speaking
“1913 -- IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) leads rubber strike in Akron, Ohio. The
Akron Rubber Workers will do it again in 1936-37, at the General Tire Company of
Akron, scene of the first sitdown strike in rubber. The first major strike, in 1913,
represented an end of innocence. The action, which included workers from all of Akron's
rubber shops, began after the introduction of machinery that made tires easier to build and
resulted in lower piece rates for the workers. The strike was loosely directed by the
Industrial Workers of the World, a radical group nicknamed the "Wobblies." It lasted
more than five weeks. The workers made no gains -- they didn't even manage to shut
down the rubber shops. The strike served chiefly to disillusion company executives.
(http://www.infoshop.org/texts/iww.html)”
[Isaac 2002 – IWW and Akron strike]
[ Williams 61 ] [ this is a draft. do not cite. ]