News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber. Parent comment

Re:Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber by mysticmarvel on Monday February 20, 2017 @06:46AM (#13686506)
Good god... I just Google'd the IWW. Their website looks, at a glance, like a militant extreme left group. From the hard white-and-red on black colour scheme through to a photo of two people in fatigues carrying AK-style weapons next to an advert for a highly politically charged event.

If they want more members, they might want to tone down the "militant" imagery. I'm uncomfortable being associated with that.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber by wz1000 on Monday February 20, 2017 @09:01AM (#13687242)
The IWW has a long history, and pioneered the American labour movement, being practically the first union to admit women and blacks. It has not been a stranger to government repression in this period, and is decidedly anti government and view all political solutions with distrust. Instead they advocate for direct action. If you don't have anti-authoritarian/anarchist leanings, you probably won't fit in with the philosophy of the IWW.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_massacre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Everest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_Outrage

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/27/us/27hill.html?_r=0

[ Parent | on HN ]