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19: 136:" their ranks to radicalize these previously cautious and conservative bodies. Foster sought to launch a newspaper as an expression of his views, initially remaining within the ranks of the IWW and attempting to steer the organization to his point of view. 127:
strategy, organizing workers in opposition to other unions already in the field. A brief stint in Europe in 1910 served only to solidify Foster's views on the matter. He returned home committed to the idea of working as a member of the unions of the
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perspective. In addition to purely political topics, the paper gave space to more avant-garde social ideas not generally part of the discourse of radical newspapers of the day, including coverage of
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Labor Press Project: Pacific Northwest Labor and Radical Newspapers, Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights Projects, University of Washington, www.depts.washington.edu/
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Foster became a member of the IWW upon his arrival but soon became disaffected with the organization's
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and moving the editorial office of the publication away from the Home colony to the town of
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The political line of Fox's publication evolved steadily, beginning from a committed
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In Two Volumes. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1968; vol. 1, pg. 114.
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and its successor were among the most important written vehicles for
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Lakebay, Washington, and Chicago, 1913," in Joseph R. Conlin (ed.),
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conducted by the IWW, and was sharply critical of the measured
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In 1913 Foster joined forces with Fox, changing the name of
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on November 15, 1910. The editorial task was handled by
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Jay Fox
anarchist
Home Colony
Washington
William Z. Foster's
Syndicalist League of North America
Lakebay, Washington
Chicago
anarchosyndicalist
William Z. Foster
itinerant worker
Pacific Northwest
Industrial Workers of the World
syndicalist
trade union
dual union
American Federation of Labor
boring from within
tabloid newspaper
Home, Washington
Jay Fox
Free speech fights
strikes
electoral strategy
Socialist Party of America
anarchist
feminist issues
nudism
Lakebay, Washington

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