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The subversive adventures of Mr. Block

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Mr. Block is a comic from the early 1900s following someone that might seem eerily familiar, named Mr. Block. This comic was created by Ernest Riebe for the still running International Worker, a newspaper published by the Industrial Workers of the World. The IWW is an international syndicalist union who believe workers run the world. They have existed since 1909, with famous organizers like Mother Jones as founding members. While this community is focused on Mr. Block, all IWW comics are welcome!

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This is part 4 to Mr. Block goes to the Dakota Harvest; part 1, part 2, part 3

Transcript

Panel 1-2:

Mr. Block: Harvest is over and three dollars is all I've got out of it. The Eastern newspapers told a lot of lies when they claimed that a man could make a little fortune here in Dakota. The average wage was only two dollars a day. I had to pay board and then lost time on rainy days. Now I am here, thousand miles away from home.

Panel 3-4:

Mr. Block freighthopping: I have to beat it back home again. Yes, conditions they are bad. I almost feel cheap that I opposed the I.W.W.'s but they are too radical and besides if I join I may never get a job again.

Panel 5:

rail cop finds Mr Block in the freighter: Get out of here. You're under arrest for beating your way on a railroad.

Panel 6:

Mr. Block sitting in a prison labor yard: Two months and three dollars fine. I never go harvesting no more.

IWW bug: I bet you'll be back next year with the rest of the suckers

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