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.
The IWW at one hundred: the return of the haunted hall?
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
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.