In the real world

I suppose it makes "sense," but probably just not something I would see eye to eye with. I would probably agree with the first part about unions recuperating workplace struggle in a left wing or reformist way, but not in a revolutionary way. However, I can't get behind settling for reformist struggles.

Maybe as a brief, low-energy response, I would evoke this?

Tina - are you down for running up on dem crackas in dey city hall?

That's hardly the point. Whether or not you can 'get behind' it, you still basically agree that it's an example of workplace resistance, which was the point of posting it - to show that workplace resistance is still a fact of life for many workers around the world in this day and age; not just a relic of centuries gone by.

Not that I personally in any sense reject 'reformist' struggles.

~J.

Contrary to some of the other posters, I think there's a lot to be gained by introducing forms of organization which allow people to be less dependent on capital to survive. Perhaps one of the reasons why workplace resistance, broadly speaking, hasn't taken off is that people are so worn down and demoralized by living under workplace discipline that they are seldom capable of organizing anything in their free time. Most of the time, this narrowing of the horizons goes hand in hand with a mentality which relies on consumer goods and career-status for a sense of self-worth. Breaking that restrictive, deadening pattern in people's lives may be a result of any transition, but it is also largely a prerequisite for the transition to happen.

Housing co-operatives, brewing your own beer and wine and swapping them with friends, giving/receiving used furniture, solar power generators, coming up with Steal This Book ways to supply your needs for free, and non-copyright creative production are even taken together a small step, but they may help people re-evaluate what is important in their lives and find a bit of breathing space to start to live and think differently. These methods also do not suffer from the problem of being entrenched in the capitalist mode of production. They may not be "outside the system" but they do not rely on selling to a market, rather on people coming together to solve their own needs collectively. The obvious additional bonus is that the human relationships, networks and attitudes which are utilised and cultivated by these methods can themselves be used to drive a societal transition and demonstrate its viability. People need to know how to, and know that they can, solve their needs through co-operation in order for any transition to work properly.