Always on Strike - by Arnold Stead (Paperback)

About the Book

A history of the I.W.W.'s golden years as lived by one of its' guiding lights.

Book Synopsis

Though widely recognized as one of the Industrial Workers of the World's leading members and one of its most prominent militants, this is the first book-length biography of Frank Little. Little's life offers innumerable lessons for working class people facing many of the same economic injustices in today's world.

Arnold Stead, PhD, is a poet, fiction writer, historian, playwright, and jazz and film critic. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife and family.

Review Quotes

"Today, Frank Little gets remembered as another Wobbly martyr, overshadowed by folksinger and labor organizer Joe Hill. But as historian Irving Werstein wrote, "Next to Big Bill Haywood, Frank Little was the most vital leader of the IWW." Arnold Stead's short and engaging Always on Strike: Frank Little and the Western Wobblies aims to recover his mighty struggles and special boldness as object lessons for left-wingers organizing in the shadow of the Great Recession."
--Socialist Worker

About the Author

A Ph.D. in English Literature (University of Missouri-Columbia '93), Arnold Stead is a poet, fiction writer, historian, playwright, jazz and film critic. He lives in Minneapolis, MN with his wife and family.