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Programme of Anarcho-Syndicalism
by G.P. Maximoff	03 Sep 2005
"The basic fabric of the future society is composed, in the anarchist view, of three elements. The first is the producers' association of the people, leading, through the syndicalisation of production, to producers' communism. The second is the consumers' association resulting, through the utilisation of cooperatives in consumers' communism. The third is the territorial association of the people, leading through communism to unity in diversity, i.e. the confederation of nations, based on the fundamental principles of Anarchism -- liberty and equality . . . However, the Anarchists do not visualise future society in such a simplified and schematic form. On the contrary, in their eyes it is represented by a far more complicated pattern, in which the basic fabric is interwoven by innumerable threads of varied and constantly overlapping human groupings, producing a great diversity of needs and activities on the part of the individual. in whom society is finally rooted."
First published in Russian in 1927 by Golos Truzhenika Group in the U.S.A. as "Programme of Revolutionary Syndicalism" Translated into English by Ada Seigel Appeared in the book "Constructive Anarchism" published by the "Maximoff Memorial Publishing Committee", Chicago, 1952. Reprinted 1985 by Monty Miller Press, Sydney, Australia. Introduction Modern Society in the Light of Anarchism Section 1: The Economy Manufacturing Industry Basic Industry Public Service Industries Taxation Labour in the Transition Period Section 2: The Political Sphere General Politics Nationalities and International Relations Organisation of Defense Marital and Family Law General View of the Construction of Future Society Appendix How the Problem of Production was Envisaged in the Past G.P. Maximoff