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Short Story: "Double Agent" (6th in a series)

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"Only that the government shut them down early in the 20th century. And that they studiously avoided having leaders. What about them?

Kulya looked thoughtful. "A group like that is extremely dangerous. If they have no leadership, and they're all acting in concert, stopping them is like trying to dig a hole in water. That's why the government had to shut them down.

"How did they do it?

"Attrition. By building up the organized labor movement, the American Federation of Labor. A union with strong leadership can be controlled. The new unions sucked the air right out of the Wobblies.

Craig's ˜other self' was paying strict attention. The I.W.W. knew how to overcome an organized enemy. They had a strategy that frightened the most powerful government on Earth. He'd be returning to Boa's group, one way or the other. But no matter what he did now, he was certain that it would be as a double agent.

THE END

[This is the 6th story in a series that started with "Motivation"]

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