anarcho-syndicalism
Articles about anarcho-syndicalism, a form of revolutionary anarchism that uses syndicalist tactics.
"No Poll Tax Here": DAM pamphlet against Poll Tax
This is a short pamphlet put out by the DAM in around 1988, as interest was growing in England and Wales against the Poll Tax, which was already well advanced in Scotland.
No Poll Tax Here
This short pamphlet is not intended to be the definitive information on the Poll Tax as this is impossible as the government is still amending its rules and regulations concerning the implementation of the Poll Tax. 1
- 1. It is reproduced as it was written with only a few spellings corrected
Anarcho-syndicalism in Puerto Real from shipyard resistance to community control
An account of resistance to shipyard closures in Puerto Real, Spain, that lead to community wide involvement, with the anarcho-syndicalist union CNT playing both a prominent and decisive role.
A short history of British anarcho-syndicalism
Short pamphlet by the Solidarity Federation on the history of anarcho-syndicalism in the UK.
A short history of British anarcho-syndicalism
Origins and ideas of anarcho-syndicalism
Direct Action Gets the Goods
The following article is from issue 10 of Working Class Resistance, August 2005, published by Organise! and written by Jason Brannigan.
Direct Action Gets The Goods
From the black block havin’ a go, to the clown army tickling cops and putting flowers in their hair, from marches to smashing McDonalds, gluing locks to throwing bricks and even it seems going to rock concerts– all of these activities have had the term direct action applied to them incorrectly.
The Foreign Legion of the Revolution
Dieter Nelles
"The Foreign Legion of the Revolution“[1]
German anarcho-syndicalist and Volunteers in Anarchist Militias during the Spanish Civil War
Greenberg, Yiddelle 1909-194?
Biography of Polish anarchist Yiddelle Greenberg, whose activity was crucial in the formation of the Polish anarchist movement.
A salute to a comrade,
Politics Without Parties - The future of trade unionism?
The following report is from the National Union of Journalists Annual Delegate Conference fringe meeting 'Politics without parties - the future of trade unionism'.
The meeting took place on Thursday 3rd of April 2008 in the Ulster Peoples College in Belfast and was addressed by Donnacha DeLong (NUJ National Executive Council New Media Rep) Jason Brannigan (Organise!) and Chekov Feeney (WSM).
Counter-revolution and the Soviet Union - Gregori Maximov
Short essay by famous Russian anarchist, Gregori Maximov, on the defeat of the 1917 revolution by counter-revolution from within.
Taken from the Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library, No. 14 (March 1998), can also be found on the KSL website here.
Aims and principles of the Syndicalist Workers Federation
The Aims and principles of the Syndicalist Workers Federation, which was the British Section of the anarchosyndicalist International Workingmen's Association (IWA). For a history of the IWA see A short history of the IWA, 1922-Today on libcom.org/history
Aims and principles
Revolutionary Syndicalism in Mexico - John M. Hart
A short history of Mexican anarcho-syndicalism, which dominated the early labour movement prior to and during the Mexican Revolution.
"The Mexican revolutionary syndicalists: their form of organization - anarchosyndicalist; their leadership - artisan and professional; their numbers - 150 000; their goals - the seizure and operation of the means of production and the onset of worldwide proletarian revolution; their means - revolutionary war against capitalism by workers' militias and the general strike."
