OK, so this subject may have been covered a bit in other threads, but I thought it would be interesting to see what other people have to say.
For me I joined not because I have an uncritical acceptance of syndicalism or unionism but because I see the IWW as a good way of meeting and organising with other militant workers, students and unemployed in my local area (and internationally).
I read the preamble and thought it was pretty much spot on. The only real problem I have with it was the “forming the structure of the new society within the shell of the old” bit. In my view, for Capitalism to be fully abolished it is necessary not only for the workers to manage industry, but to also destroy the exchange economy and replace it with one based on use or need. A society of worker managed enterprises producing goods for sale or exchange is still a capitalist society. It is necessary for us all to abandon any illusions about workers (or housing or land) co-ops!
