Local unions, “primitive democracy,” and workers’ self-activity - Staughton Lynd
An article directed at "local union officers or would-be local union officers who hope somehow to make use of their tenure in local union office to move toward a socialist society", Staughton Lynd provides historical examples of working class self-activity, concluding with a choice between business unionism and horizontalism.
Workers' democracy - Staughton Lynd
An article by Staughton Lynd reinterprets the concept of union democracy to include workers of all kinds (unionized workers, nonunion workers, and farmers); protection of the rights to strike, picket, and slow down; and the demand for worker-community ownership. This article examines two recent examples of workers’ democracy: the Serbian revolution of 2000 and the Zapatistas’ ongoing struggle in Chiapas, Mexico.
Solidarity unionism at Starbucks: the IWW uses Section 7
An article from Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross on the IWW's organizing at Starbucks. Originally appeared in WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society (September 2007).
The IWW at one hundred: the return of the haunted hall?
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jun 3 2012 04:48
Melvyn Dubofsky suggests many histories of the IWW are clouded by myth, including the figures most deserving of our respect and attention.
Rediscovering Two Labor Intellectuals - Steve Early
Steve Early reviews collections of writings by Martin Glaberman and Stain Weir, while tying their experience and outlook to the emerging split within the AFL-CIO in 2004.
Seething with the ideal : Galleanisti and class struggle in late 19th century and early 20th-century USA
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Feb 8 2011 03:59
Christopher Wellbrook analyzes the Italian-American insurrectionary anarchists of the early 20th Century.
Anarchy in the Unions: Contemporary Anarchists at Work - Jeffrey Shantz
An article looking at anarchists' involvement in rank-and-file committees and flying squads in Canada.
'We are all leaders' : Anarchism and the narrative of the Industrial Workers of the World - Jonathan A. Christiansen
An article looking at anarchism and the IWW.
