Bill Haywood's Book
Autobiography
By: William D. Haywood
Date: 1929
Source: Haywood, William D. Bill Haywood's Book: The Autobiography of William D. Haywood. New York: International Publishers, 1929, 207–216.
About the Author: Big Bill Haywood (1869–1928) led two of America's most successful radical labor unions, the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Haywood—big, burly, and gruff—detested capitalism and represented the revolutionary socialist worker feared by big business and political conservatives and moderates. An outspoken opponent of World War I (1914–1918), Haywood was arrested in 1917 on charges of treason. Released on bail, he fled to Russia, where he died.
Introduction
On the evening of December 20, 1905, Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg was killed in a bomb explosion. A former miner, Steunenberg had broken...
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