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What is Libertarian Socialism?

September 12, 2017 lynx 0

by Tom Wetzel

Libertarian socialism is a current or tendency in the world socialist movement that first became an organized tendency in the International Workingmen’s Association of the 1860s-70s, based on various grassroots worker unions and the ideas of federalist …

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Is Syndicalism Class Reductionist?

December 28, 2016 Ideas&Action 0

By Tom Wetzel

Most activists who use this “class reductionist” refrain don’t  just use it against syndicalism but against any emphasis on workplace struggle and organizing. It’s part of the so-called “retreat from class” of the past 30 years, especially …

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An Electoral Extravaganza

November 7, 2016 lynx 1

By Bryer Sousa

Within the confines of preparation surrounding the development of a hopefully crisp, concise, and thoughtful series of regular columns and commentaries for Ideas & Action, I intend to focus my literary efforts upon the way, in which, …

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History Ideas

Leninist Vanguardism vs. Libertarian Left Militant Minority Organization

August 9, 2016 lynx 0

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By WSA

It is not uncommon for class struggle libertarians to hear Leninists equate vanguardism with a libertarian militant minority group, such as the Friends of Durruti in libertarian Spain, yet suggest that the libertarian role is simply lacking in …

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The Anarcho-syndicalist Initiative – Building the Organizing Committee

March 29, 2016 lynx 2

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The ASI is a project to build the organizing committee for an anarcho-syndicalist union movement. This movement will be part of a larger revolutionary union movement in North America. This movement will include unions based both in the workplace and …

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Announcing the Anarcho-syndicalist Initiative

March 12, 2016 lynx 7

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The increasingly precarious conditions facing the North American working class, along with a rising tide of distrust and disgust with both our political and economic systems, demands that revolutionary organizations such as Workers Solidarity Alliance take immediate action to address …

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History Ideas

Libertarianism is a Type of Socialism, NOT Classical Liberalism

August 25, 2015 Ideas&Action 0

By Greg

Libertarianism is a socialist political philosophy which has its roots in the socialist workers’ movements of the 1800s and 1900s. It is especially associated with ideas that came out of the First International (IWA – 1864-1876), especially those …

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Ideas Reviews

Erik Olin Wright on the transition to socialism

July 24, 2015 Ideas&Action 0

By Tom Wetzel

In his new book Envisioning Real Utopias, Erik Olin Wright suggests that proposals for a what he calls “democratic egalitarian socialism” — and strategies for transition to such a society — should be evaluated “scientifically” — …

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