On this year of the 124th anniversary of the Chicago Haymarket Martyrs’ valiant struggle for workers freedom, let us not let their spirit and their efforts to create a new world be forgotten. On this occasion, let us also not …
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The Polish Union of Syndicalists
This piece is part of an occasional series in ideas & action on organizational profiles from international groups, organizations and revolutionary unions. It is hoped that the series will help the reader develop a deeper appreciation of political currents and …
Read moreDiscussion: Anarchist Shop Experiences
By Mike Harris, Libertarian Workers Group
“ideas & action” Summer, 1982
In this article I want to begin a discussion of my activities in
District 65-UAW. This contribution is based solely on my own
experiences and does not reflect the …
Yugoslavia: Model of workers self-management?
Note: The following article is reprinted from the German magazine Direkte Aktion, organ of the Free Workers Union (FA U) – German section of the International Workers Association.
Translation by Chris Ecks.
Direkte Aktion introduction: For us as revolutionary unionists …
Read moreA few more theses on Marxism
By Steve Parr, Libertarian Workers‘ Group
Although it has died down for the‘ present, the debate and discussion on Marxism and the relationship of marxism to anarchism did rage hot and heavy within the North A.rneri-can movement for some time. …
Read moreCo-ops or workers’ revolution?
By Richard Laubach
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People have formed co-operatives or collectively-run businesses for a variety of reasons. To create or save jobs. To get food at lower prices. But apart from limited aims such as these, …
Read moreThe ACF experience
The Decline and Fall of the ACF
By Steve Parr, Libertarian Workers’ Group
It is now over six months since the Libertarian Workers’ Group withdrew from the ACF, with the majority of the organization following suit. I have had that …
Read moreNo Need for a “Workers’ Party”
A debate with the “New Unionist”
” What follows is a debate on the role of the ideological organizatirt with the “New Unionist” group — a De Leonist group in Minneapolis.
Dear Friends,
I’d like to make a comment on …
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