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MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History February 14, 1880: IWW singer, songwriter, poet, labor activist and hobo, T-Bone Slim (Matti Valentin Huhta) was born. He regularly wrote for the IWW’s “Industrial Solidarity” paper and, later, for their “Industrial Worker” paper. Some of his songs have been regularly published in the IWW’s “Little Red Songbook,” including "The Popular Wobbly," "Mysteries Of A Hobo's Life," and "The Lumberjack's Prayer." In addition to living much of his life as a hobo, he worked periodically as a lumberjack, farm laborer, cook, and dock worker. His writing and music were an inspiration to both the surrealist movement, in the 1940s, and the Civil Rights movement, in the 1960s.
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“ Tear Gas: The most effective agent used by employers to persuade their employees that the interests of capital and labor are identical.” T-Bone Slim
– Industrial Worker, 06 March 1937.
https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/02/portland-labor-rally-against-ice-attacked-tear-gas
Portland Labor Rally against ICE Attacked with Tear Gas
On January 31 my husband and I stood shoulder to shoulder with thousands of union members and community allies in Portland’s South Waterfront. We gathered for a peaceful, permitted rally and march: “Labor Against ICE.” More than 30 labor organizations had united under one banner for the first time in my memory, not just for contract fights or strike support, but to say “ICE Out” and “Solidarity Now.” I’m president of the Longshore (ILWU) Auxiliary 11 and my husband Jamison is president of ILWU Local 4. There was music. There were speakers about peace and unity.
“ Tear Gas: The most effective agent used by employers to persuade their employees that the interests of capital and labor are identical.” T-Bone Slim
– Industrial Worker, 06 March 1937.
https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/02/portland-labor-rally-against-ice-attacked-tear-gas
Portland Labor Rally against ICE Attacked with Tear Gas
On January 31 my husband and I stood shoulder to shoulder with thousands of union members and community allies in Portland’s South Waterfront. We gathered for a peaceful, permitted rally and march: “Labor Against ICE.” More than 30 labor organizations had united under one banner for the first time in my memory, not just for contract fights or strike support, but to say “ICE Out” and “Solidarity Now.” I’m president of the Longshore (ILWU) Auxiliary 11 and my husband Jamison is president of ILWU Local 4. There was music. There were speakers about peace and unity.
Profit: The price ignorance pays greed for the privilege of starving in a world of plenty. – Industrial Worker, 06 March 1937.
Juice is Stranger than Friction.
https://libcom.org/article/juice-stranger-friction-selected-writings-t-bone-slim-franklin-rosemont
Reading
The Popular Wobbly
Selected Writings of
T-Bone Slim
Edited by Owen Clayton and Iain McIntyre
Foreword by David R. Roediger
2025 University of Minnesota Press
Pbk ISBN 978-1-5179-1496-7
