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Radicals and red cards: Wobblies’ support for workers is decades deep

Wobblies have been in the Whatcom-Skagit region since the early 1900s

A vintage photo of IWW members posing together for a group photo in the forest.
IWW members often met in large gatherings in parks around Bellingham. This image, available from the Whatcom Museum, shows Wobblies gathered at Cornwall Park some time between 1910 and 1915, before the Everett Massacre and the 1917 IWW raids. (Photo courtesy of Whatcom Museum)
By Julia Lerner Staff Reporter
Almost 105 years after its downtown Bellingham offices were raided by the FBI, the Industrial Workers of the World union (IWW) has reestablished itself in Whatcom and Skagit counties, fighting for worker's rights and radical change in Washington’s northwest corner.  The September 1917 raid, where union membership lists were seized, furniture was set ablaze and records were destroyed, changed the course of the radical anti-war organization in the region for decades, all but decimating t

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