all the workers of the world organize as a class, take possession of
the earth, and the machinery of production, and abolish the wage
system." In these important particulars there is agreement between the
I. W. W. and the political socialists.

136. THE I.W.W. AND THE POLITICAL SOCIALISTS: DIFFERENCES.--The chief
difference between the two groups is one of method. The political
socialists prefer political action to violence; the I.W.W. prefer
violence to political action. The I.W.W. believe that political
methods are altogether too slow and unreliable, and accordingly they
have so far refused to affiliate with any political party. The extreme
limits to which the I.W.W. have gone in the matter of violence have
caused many political socialists to disavow this militant group. The
attempt has even been made to prove that the I.W.W. are not socialists
at all, though as a matter of fact they are as truly so as is any
other socialist group.

137. I.W.W. METHODS: THE STRIKE.--The I.W.W. use the strike, not as a
means of securing better working conditions, but as a method of
fomenting revolution. "Instead of the conservative motto, 'A fair
day's wages for a fair day's work,'" declares the preamble to their
constitution, "we must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary
watchword, 'Abolition of the wage system.'" In their use of the
strike, the I.W.W. accordingly oppose conciliation or arbitration of
any kind, and whether or not they gain their point, they go back to
work with the intention of striking again at the next opportune time.
This policy has been formulated by the I.W.W. in the following words:
"Strike; win as much as possible; go back to work; recuperate; strike
again... whatever concessions from capitalism the workers secure,
sooner or later they will strike again."