# IWW =/= \*International\* Workers of the World!!  (Trivial, but nowhere else to put it)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 20, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iww-international-workers-of-the-world-trivial-but-nowhere-else-to-put-it/208583 "2003-10-20T21:17:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iww-international-workers-of-the-world-trivial-but-nowhere-else-to-put-it/208583/1 "2003-10-20T21:17:05Z")

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Why, oh why, do people _insist_ on propogating the notion that the venerable IWW was really the Department of Redundancy Department, er, the International Workers of the World?

When I see a reference to the Wobblies, it seems like odds are 3-1 in favor of their being identified in that redundant fashion. Time before last was in the most recent of mystery writer J.A. Jance’s Joanna Brady novels. Latest was [here](http://www.terminalcity.ca/LotusLand/current/Organised+suds.htm):

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> the squeegee folks have created the Squeegee Council to advance their concerns and have also joined the International Workers of the World (IWW) labour organization to garner further support for their cause.

Here’s the [IWW website](http://www.iww.org), which presumably has it right:

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> Industrial Workers of the World

OK, that’s all. I feel better now.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iww-international-workers-of-the-world-trivial-but-nowhere-else-to-put-it/208583/2 "2003-10-20T21:29:29Z")

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I say we burn down J.A. Jance’s house and shoot her cats.

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**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iww-international-workers-of-the-world-trivial-but-nowhere-else-to-put-it/208583/3 "2003-10-21T09:02:25Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Miller \*  
> \*\*I say we burn down J.A. Jance’s house and shoot her cats. \*\*

WAYYYY OT, but this reminds me of the following:

Q: How do I join the KKK? (or any other hate group of your choice)  
A: Kill three blacks (or whomever…) and a cat.  
Q: A CAT !?!? Why do I have to kill a CAT?  
A: Congratulations! You’ve been accepted!

note to humor impaired: I’m pitting the **haters** here, not the **hated**!

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**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iww-international-workers-of-the-world-trivial-but-nowhere-else-to-put-it/208583/4 "2003-10-21T13:27:02Z")

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Cats. The other white meat.