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<p> In popular mythology, the CIO was a revolutionary union in the tradition of the IWW. In actuality, the CIO was created by those <span style="font-style:italic">opposed</span> to the kind of working class self-activity best embodied in the U.S. by the IWW. This article by E. Jones, from <span style="font-style:italic">Root &amp; Branch: A Libertarian Socialist Journa</span>l (number 6; n.d.; c. 1970s), critiques the CIO&#039;s reactionary role in containing class struggle militancy. </p>

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<div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-weight:bold">THE CIO: FROM REFORM TO REACTION</span></div>
<p>The story of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) has generally been seen by</p>
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