The Socialist Future of the Syndicates - Georges Sorel
Sorel's 1898 text, the Socialist Future of the Syndicates, is often referred to as his most directly syndicalist work. At this point a committed, albeit unique Marxist, Sorel gives an assessment of trade unions as a vehicle for revolutionary politics. Reproduced for reference, not out of agreement.
George Barrett, anarchists and the Great Unrest
Submitted by Rob Ray on Jun 15 2019 16:27
Freedom Press published a selection of essays by 1910s anarchist activist George Barrett, Our Masters Are Helpless, at the start of this month. Below is an edited and slightly expanded text of the launch event talk.
Syndicalism and Authority - Pierre Besnard
French anarcho-syndicalist Pierre Besnard's exposition of the libertarian nature of anarcho-syndicalism, or as he refers to it, federalist syndicalism. Besnard deals with potential anti-organisationalist criticisms by elaborating how these free syndicates are formed, and how decisions are made within them, making clear that syndicalism is not something totally new to humans, but is merely, in a sense, a new expression of the universal, primordial tendency towards co-operation. Note: the translator is an amateur, so please forgive any errors.
E19: The IWW in Australia
Episode on the early history of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union in Australia, in conversation with Paula DeAngelis. Paula is a historian and contributed to Wobblies of the World: a global history of the IWW.
E16: Women in the early IWW
Podcast about the early history of women in the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union in the United States, in conversation with Heather Mayer, author of Beyond the Rebel Girl: Women and the IWW in the Pacific Northwest, 1905-1924.
Report on the 2018 IWW Organising Summit
Submitted by Reddebrek on Oct 21 2018 19:24
My notes on the UK IWW's organising summit in Sheffield.
School for Syndicalism
Submitted by Kate Sharpley on Sep 11 2018 19:30
An eyewitness account of the shop stewards' movement on Tyneside during the first world war.
Anarchy and Culture - Fernand Pelloutier and the dilemma of revolutionary syndicalism
ALAN SPITZER is Professor of History at the University of Iowa. We are grateful to him and to the editor of the International Review of Social History for permission to reproduce his essay. Passages quoted in French has been translated for ANARCHY.
“We must do away with racial prejudice and imaginary boundary lines”: British Columbia wobblies before the First World War – Mark Leier
Submitted by RobynK on Aug 11 2018 22:31
Labour historian Mark Leier’s chapter from Wobblies of the World: A Global History of the IWW, in which he examines the transnationalism of the IWW, particularly across the US-Canadian border.
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