#5 My Friend Flickr

For a character who is supposed to be at the cutting edge of technology I feel remiss with not owning a digital camera. So instead I have uploaded this public domain image (see below) from an anarchist website to Flickr then uploaded to my blog (the right hand mouse click is the easiest way to copy the address to the blog).

The original artwork for this was designed as a poster to promote the Wobbly newspaper Industrial Worker. The Wobblies were the nickname of The Industrial Workers of World, a political organisation started in Chicago in 1905. The Wobblies were influenced by European syndicalism and believed in 'The One Big Union" as a way or assuming political power by the working class. The IWW however developed in the new world under particular conditions and it was these characteristics which allowed it to establish strong roots in Australia before and just after the First World War. One thing which distinguished the wobblies from other left wing groups was thier striking use of graphics arts, witty sloganeering and numerous songs which became part of the popular music. The Ballad of Joe Hill for instance is staple of early 20th century folk music