Well, Big Bill Haywood's work is for the most part
quite inspiring. But his era (approx 1895-1925) was on the cusp of capitals
advance to world economy , imperialism , WW1 ,etc as this changed a lot of
things
for dominant capital and workers movements in antagonism-class combats .
Todays IWW's and others still have yet to get a (pol-econ) handle on these
changes.
The ruling classes are usually slicker than deerguts on a doorknob and
have stolen more
than one march on most of us.
Today we have Globalization of the productive forces as well. Direct
colonialism
has long been replaced by other forms of domination in most all the
peripheral capitals.
The USSR en bloc model (state caps rule) has collapsed.
Socialists today need to advance ( I don't say never pause and re-cap-plan,
etc!) in theory-- and
active practice . The spirit/heroism of the masses struggles in Haywood's
historical era can
still serve as inspriation for todays actions , and future movements .
Neil
