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Basic Anarcho-Syndicalism (Anarcosindicalismo Basico) |
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by Local Federation of the CNT-AIT Sevilla |
04 Sep 2005
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"Anyone can voluntarily belong to the anarcho-union, with the exception of police, soldiers and members of security forces. No ideological qualification is necessary to be in the CNT. This is because the CNT is anarcho-syndicalist, that is, it is an organization in which decisions are made in assembly, from the base. It is an autonomous, federalist structure independent of political parties, of government agencies, of professional bureaucracies, etc. The anarcho-union only requires a respect for its rules, and from this point of view people of different opinions, tendencies and ideologies can live together within it. Ecologists, pacifists, members of political parties .. can be part of the CNT. There will always be different opinions, priorities and points of view about concrete problems. What everyone has in common within the anarcho-union is its unique way of functioning, its anti-authoritarian structure." |
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One Big Union |
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by Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) |
03 Sep 2005
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"The purpose of the IWW is to establish union democracy in our everyday life on the job. Its practical policies are directed towards that end, and are essential to its achievement. They are determined by two basic principles: solidarity, and democracy within the union. It is necessary to avoid any practises that will interfere with the unity of our class, and it is even more necessary to make sure that the union, instead of running its members, is run by them. To leave democracy out of an organisation such as the IWW would leave it a device for fascism, and tremendous handicap to labour. Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Trotsky, Lenin and their heirs and cohorts found it necessary to herd labour into an organisation very much of that sort. The mighty weapon of the One Big Union must be wielded by us, not over us." |
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The Charter of Amiens |
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by Confederation Generale du Travail (CGT) |
02 Sep 2005
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"The congress considers this declaration to be a recognition of the class struggle, which, on the economic plane, puts the workers in revolt against all forms of exploitation and oppression, material as well as moral, exercised by the capitalist class against the working class." |
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Principles and Constitution of the Syndicalist Solidarity Network (Ireland) |
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by Syndicalist Solidarity Network |
02 Sep 2005
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"The Syndicalist Solidarity Network seeks to secure for all workers, a full and equal share of the wealth and social benefits created by the combined labour of our class. The Syndicalist Solidarity Network also seeks to secure a full and equal role for all workers in decision making processes in our workplaces and throughout society as a whole." |
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Principles, Statutes and Goals of the International Workers Association |
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by AIT-IWA |
02 Sep 2005
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". . . The duty of the workers is to participate in all actions that lead towards a revolutionary transformation of society, always striving to move towards our final goals. We must make our strength felt through this participation, always striving to give our movement, through propaganda and organization, the necessary means to supplant our adversaries. Similarly, wherever possible, we must realize our social system through the means of model and example, and our organizations must exert, to the limits of their possibilities, the greatest possible influence on other tendencies in order that they may be incorporated into our struggle, which is the common struggle against all statist and capitalist adversaries, always keeping in mind the circumstances of place and time, but remaining faithful to the goals of the movement for workers' emancipation." |
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