By Kevin Doyle
On the cover of Living Anarchism, the publishers, AK Press, point out that the anarchist movement in Spain in the lead up to the revolution in 1936-37 was the ‘the largest anti-authoritarian movement’ ever created in the …
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Unemployment: An Anarcho-Syndicalist Critique and Program
by Jake Tompkins
The way the current capitalist world system is arranged there is a high level of unemployment across the world, especially because of the crises which has seen no recovery for anyone, but the richest of the rich. …
Read moreA Grassroots Union During the Working Class Insurgency of the Early ’70s
By Tom Wetzel
The creation of new grassroots unions was often a feature of the periods of working class insurgency in the USA, when there were high levels of strikes. Hundreds of thousands of workers joined unions with a more …
Read more2016 Philly Labor In Review
By Greg R
2016 was a hot year for labor in the Philadelphia area. Five labor actions are especially noteworthy: the Verizon (CWA), Just Born (BCTGM), Philadelphia Orchestra, SEPTA (TWU) and APSCUF PA Higher Education workers strikes. All but one …
Read moreIs Syndicalism Class Reductionist?
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 …
Read moreAnarcho-syndicalism: A Past Phenomenon, A Vision for the Future
By Greg R
It’s common for many folks familiar with anarcho-syndicalism to look at it as both a set of ideas and a phenomenon which occurred at a certain period (in the early 1900s) as a result of certain conditions …
Read moreAn Electoral Extravaganza
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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The Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative – Build a Revolutionary Union Movement
Anarchism is the goal, syndicalism is the method. Anarcho-syndicalism is more than just a different kind of unionism. It is a revolutionary movement for the elimination of the capitalist system of social relations. We seek to replace the system of …
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