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La Lucha Continua - 70 Years On |
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by mitch |
17 Jul 2006
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July 19th marks the 70th Anniversary of the Spanish Revolution. This was the first time in history that the anarchist vision of self-management was partially implemented.
In spite of all the strengths of the anarcho-syndicalist movement (represented by the CNT-AIT) and the militancy of the anarchist federation (FAI), the revolution and movement were not without its flaws. In spite of all its flaws and mistakes, the Spanish libertarians provided the world with a glimpse of what a self-managed society might look like. |
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Texts :: struggles |
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Workers of the Skies Unite! |
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by K-dog |
17 Jun 2006
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Our perspective... was simple: “What will it take to win this strike?”
It seemed to us that the strike had to impede NWA’s ability to operate, it had to start hurting the company. It had to spread to the others sectors of workers at the airports... It had to become an issue of concern and attention for working people generally. It had to create a crisis for the larger capitalist class beyond the NWA board and large stockholders. |
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Soldiers of Solidarity: up from below, rank and filers struggle for a future |
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by C. Alexander |
17 Jun 2006
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On October 8, 2005, Delphi Corporation filed for business reorganization under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code... The following month during a November 2nd speech to union leaders, international United Auto Worker (UAW) president Ron Gettelfinger, called for a "work to rule" in which auto workers would do the bare minimum of labor required of them... Within days, militants from the auto industry gave meaning to Gettelfinger’s words. In a non-UAW sanctioned meeting auto workers said they would organize to fight Delphi. Using Gettelfinger’s statement as justification, the militants have embarked on a campaign to build a grassroots fighting movement whose aim is to engage and prepare fellow rank and filers for an unfolding struggle to resist corporate attacks – both within the auto industry and on the broader working classes. |
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Texts :: analysis |
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A New Syndicalism? |
by Flint
Previously published: Northeastern Anarchist #2, November 2001 |
01 Jun 2006
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Anarcho-syndicalism has changed a lot from it's origin in workers'
movements of the late 19th century. It saw many of its practices
adopted by reformist institutions, and other practices rendered
illegal by the repressive hand of the state. Criticisms have grown
outside of workplace related issues, and failures have been revisited
time and again. I'd like to constructively address some of those
criticisms to develop a revolutionary strategy for tactical
intervention with the economic struggles of our class.
Organizing around economic means is not enough |
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Syndicalism and Anarcho-Syndicalism in Germany: |
by Helge Döhring translation by John Carroll
Previously published: Freie ArbeiterInnen Union: |
29 May 2006
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The following text comprises an introduction to the development of German Syndicalism from its beginnings in 1890 until the end of its organized form in the early 1960s. The emphasis of this introduction, however, centers on the period before and leading up to 1933, when the National Socialists under Adolf Hitler ascended to power. Syndicalism, and more specifically Anarcho-Syndicalism are movements that have been largely forgotten. This albeit superficial outline should, at its conclusion, show that this movement was not always so obscure and unknown. This piece aims not to comprehensively examine all the varied aspects of German Anarcho-syndicalism, but rather to pique the curiosity and interest of its readers. |
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The Tragic Week in May |
by Augustin Souchy
Previously published: www.fondation-besnard.org |
02 May 2006
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An account of the fighting in Barcelona in May 1937 when the Communists consolidated their hold on power and turned decisively against the anarchists and revolutionary workers. |
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Texts :: critics |
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The Union Makes Us Strong? Syndicalism: A Critical Analysis |
by Anarchist Communist Federation (UK)
Previously published: Organise! issue 46 (Summer 97) |
16 Feb 2006
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The ACF has never, despite what some of our critics may have suggested, made our criticisms of syndicalism, including its anarcho variety, a "distinguishing characteristic" (see Black Flag Issue 211) of our politics. In a world-wide “labour movement” dominated by social democratic ideas and practice and thoroughly integrated into capitalism, our focus of attack has not been on the relatively tiny syndicalist and “alternative” union structures which exist. Rather, our arguments have been against trade unionism and for working class self-organised struggle. |
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Anarchism in Spain |
by Felix Morrow
Previously published: New International, Vol.4 No.1, January 1938, pp.6-7. |
16 Feb 2006
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Critique of Rudolf Rocker’s "The Tragedy of Spain" by the American Trotskyist Felix Morrow. Morrow was also the author of "Revolution & Counter-Revolution in Spain" (1938). |
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Texts :: struggles |
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A Union Without Bureaucrats |
by Don Fitz
Previously published: ideas & action #11, Summer, 1989 (Workers Solidarity Alliance) |
16 Feb 2006
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