1 2 Thomasch, Paul. "Irene another blow to struggling New Jersey city"Archived 2015-09-24 ที่ เวย์แบ็กแมชชีน, Reuters, September 1, 2011. Accessed January 24, 2012. "Nicknamed the 'Silk City' for its 19th-century silk factories, Paterson has a place in labor history as the site of a six-month strike in 1913 by the Industrial Workers of the World, or 'Wobblies,' who were viewed as a threat to capitalism at a time when the United States had a radical labor movement."
