By Tom Wetzel
A major influence on radical thinking since the Russian revolution is the form of radical politics called Leninism. The name derives from the central role of the Bolshevik leader V.I. Lenin in shaping the direction …
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Adrianna’s Talk on Pelloutier
By Sachio Ko-yin
In October of 2017, our comrade and my mother, Adrianna Ko, passed away in NJ.
She raised me with anarchist ideals, and after 5th grade took me out of formal classes to start her own anarchist schoolhouse. …
Read morePolitical and Economic Power in a Period of Social Transformation
By Tom Wetzel
How does the working class liberate itself from being a subordinate and exploited class? This is where we need thinking about the overall strategy and our vision about new structures to replace the capitalist regime.
The working …
Read moreMurray Bookchin’s Legacy: A Syndicalist Critique
By Tom Wetzel
January 14th is the 100th anniversary of Murray Bookchin’s birth. Perhaps it is worth looking at his contribution to radical politics.
Bookchin had been involved in the communist youth movement in the 1930s. He eventually …
Read more“The Rank and File Strategy”: A Syndicalist View
By Tom Wetzel
Kim Moody’s writings on “the Rank and File Strategy” have gained a broad hearing within a variety of socialist groups, such as Democratic Socialists of America and smaller socialist groupings. His original pamphlet from 2000 talks about …
Read moreSecond Syndicalist Workshop
By Pete M Reclus
On October 6th, Piper, the Corresponding Secretary for WSA, gave an interactive workshop on Anarcho-Syndicalist theory, presented on her youtube channel, with live chat for discussion. She had been approached by the Anarcho-Syndicalist Collective for Education
…A New Labor Feminism
By Melissa Jameson
I’ve always been interested in labor feminism in particular, and the wider socialist-feminist tradition. Lately, I’ve been wanting to reconnect with our Anarchist Syndicalist roots.
The spirit of the older labor feminist movement was mostly reformist. It …
Read moreWSA 2020 Labor Day Statement —— The Time is Now
WSA 2020 Labor Day Statement —— The Time is Now
Over a hundred years ago a frightened President Grover Cleveland pushed congress to recognize Labor Day as a federal holiday in 1894 (the September holiday was first observed in 1882 …
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