anarcho-syndicalism
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(2014) “History Of A Workers’ Revolution In Catalonia” by Raymond S. Solomon
An article by Raymond S. Solomon about the Spanish Revolution of 1936. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker (May 2014) During the early stages of the Spanish Civil War, Spanish anarchists and socialists set up an economy in Loyalist Spain that very closely resembled the type of industrial organization advocated by the Industrial Workers of… Continue reading
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(2012) “IWW report from the 30th SAC Congress” by x369425
A reportback of the 30th Congress of the Swedish syndicalist union, SAC. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker (December 2012) The IWW Norway General Membership Branch (GMB) was invited to send a delegation to the 30th congress of the Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation (SAC, or the Central Organization of the Workers of Sweden), in Gävle, Sweden,… Continue reading
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(2007) “Introducing the CNT(-F)”
The text from a pamphlet of the French revolutionary syndicalist union CNT-F, translated by someone working with the IWW’s International Solidarity Committee. Originally appeared on iww.org on January 23, 2007. Working and surviving on the border of France, I soon enough came into contact with the French CNT. I took part in some of their… Continue reading
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(2013) “Reviews: a primer on anarcho-syndicalism for all to read” by Lou Rinaldi
Lou Rinaldi reviews Solidarity Federation’s Fighting For Ourselves: anarcho-syndicalism and the class struggle. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker (April 2013). Fighting For Ourselves: anarcho-syndicalism and the class struggle. London: Solidarity Federation and Freedom Press, 2012. Paperback, 124 pages, £6. The new book from the U.K.-based anarcho-syndicalist group, Solidarity Federation (SolFed), is an excellent primer… Continue reading
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(1937) “Class collaboration – old and new” by Joseph Wagner + “Open letter to the CNT” by A. Shapiro
An article by Joseph Wagner critical of socialist parties and anarcho-syndicalists for participating in capitalist governments and A. Shapiro’s “Open letter to the CNT” which criticized its actions during the Spanish Civil War. Originally appeared in One Big Union Monthly (August 1937) Alone, or in coalition with more or less “liberal” bourgeois political parties, the… Continue reading
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(2015) “Lessons from the FORA: Deepening our relationships and exchanges with comrades in Argentina” by Scott Nikolas Nappalos & Monica Kostas
An article by Scott Nikolas Nappalos & Monica Kostas about the Federación Obrera Regional Argentina (FORA), an anarchist workers organization in Argentina. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker #1775 (Fall 2015). In the past 10 years the Federación Obrera Regional Argentina (FORA, or Argentine Regional Workers’ Federation) has experienced growth and an uptick in activity… Continue reading
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(1938) “I.W.W. Convention” by S.W. (Sam Dolgoff)
An account by S.W. (Sam Dolgoff) of the 1938 IWW Convention in which he expresses support for the potential decision of the IWW to allow collective bargaining agreements and regret for the decision to not affiliate with the International Workingmens Association. Dolgoff was a longtime IWW member who also participated in a number of anarchist… Continue reading
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