YOU CAN JOIN THE I.W.W.

Industrial Unionist, Volume 1, Issue 4, 1 May 1913, Page 4

YOU CAN JOIN THE I.W.W.

Any wage-worker wishing to Join the Industrial Workers of the World can obtain information by applying to the nearest local I. W. W. Secretary. If there i< no Branch of the I.W.W. In your district y »n may become a member by filling in the form appended below, and posting it to-- Secretary I. W. W., Room 7 Albert Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland. Enclose iuitiali *n fee (Is.) and subscriptions (Is. per month) for not less thau three months. You will receive a membership card jn return. Application No. .... Membership Card No. Application for Membership >K Date 191

Do you agree to abide by the constitution and regulations of this organisation? Will you diligently study its principles and make yourself acquainted with its purposes? Name Occupation . Industry . Street Address , City State or Province The above applicant, having subscribed to the principles of the preamble, and having answered in the affirmative to the questions, expresses his desire to become a member of the Industrial Workers of the World.

The Direct Actionist can respect the proletarian Socialist who. remains a member of the S.P. and does something; who throws himself into the active work of propaganda, etc., at the same time striving to improve his own general knowledge. But, for tlie member who simply sits around a table, or decorates the spittoon, waiting to he thrilled at intervals, well —such a man is only a cipher, a mere nose, to be counted at election time.

It is quite natural that the employers try to have it generally understood that sabotage means poisoning soup, putting ground glass in bread, dynamiting buildings and the like, so the revolutionists must at all times emphasise the point that SABOTAGE IS NOT AIMED AT THE CONSUMER, BUT AT THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE EMPLOYING CLASS—THE POCKET BOOK.