Between 1908 and 1913 the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) were a small organisation in New Zealand whose infl uence was tremendous amongst working people. By means of hundreds of propaganda meetings, thousands of pamphlets and in particular their paper, the Industrial Unionist, the Wobblies (I.W.W. members) spread their revolutionary ideas wide and far. The big strike actions of 1912/13 can be attributed to workers uniting as a class inspired by revolutionary ideas.