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Aims and principles

A history of Anarcho-syndicalism (24 unit correspondence course) - 1.7Mb PDF download

Introduction by the SelfEd Collective

REVOLUTIONARY UNIONISM IN LATIN AMERICA
The FORA in Argentina

ASP LONDON & DONCASTER 1987

PREFACE
Anarchism is the philosophy of a new social order based on liberty, and unrestricted by man-made laws; the theory that all forms of government rest on violence and are therefore wrong and harmful, as well as unnecessary.

"Some 300 students gathered at the protest in front of Faculty of Architecture today. After blocking of the major Belgrade boulevard for some time, just few hours ago decision was made to do a sleep-over in the faculty building, which will turn into a full-time blockade of the building tomorrow morning. 400 students are currently occupying the faculty.

Based on an interview with comrades from anarcho-syndicalist FAU (Germany, Approx 300 members), this is a round up of the situiation in Germany, and their recent activity.

Ahead of the International Workers Association congress in Manchester, Rob Ray interviewed Rolf Petter-Larssen, Secretary of the International...

Having just arrived, things are off to a nice start - lots of really cool comrades, a total of 14 groups are represented. I'd estimate we'll get to talk to about half of them - obviously who we can interview will depend on which groups are represented by English speakers!

This controversial article was a reflection of how the author saw things at the time. It was published in Black Flag in 1997. It's fair to say that his views have changed since then and events have moved on.

What is anarcho-syndicalism? - libertarian reformism, vanguardism or revolutionary unionism?

An open letter to all members of the IWA

Ettore Bonometti
Born 22 December - Brescia, Italy, died 1961 - Brescia, Italy

The International Workers Association was founded in Berlin in 1922, but its origins trace back to the 1860s and the International Working Men's Association, better known as the First International. Most people associate the First International only with Karl Marx and the emerging Social Democratic

Anarchists against Hitler: The Underground FAUD in the Rhineland

The reformist unions then negotiated an end to the conflicts, clearing the path for the fascist reaction - the Biennio Nero (two black years) of 1921-22.

The strike is organised by the CNT anarcho-syndicalist trade union.

Mercadona, whose slogan translates as "supermarkets of trust", is Spain's biggest national supermarket chain by sales, with 990 outlets across the country and 54,000 workers. The company likes to pride itself on its claim that 100% of its staff have permanent contracts.

Interview with the General Secretary of the Awareness League of Nigeria

Here we publish extracts of an interview with Samuel, General Secretary of the Awareness League, the newest section of the IWA, the anarcho-syndicalist international. The interview took place in Spain in August 1994, and is translated from "Le Combat Syndicaliste".