Gathering and publishing materials that define and promote syndicalism, as well as texts related to its history.
Moved from our own instance, social.syndicalism.org, to here.
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"Closer observation, however, reveals that these institutions [so-called "workers' parties"] have less to do with a movement in the truest sense of the word than with the regulation and disciplining of the workers’ movement to the benefit of private or state investors of capital."
--Helge Döhring in Syndicalism and Anarcho-Syndicalism in Germany: An Introduction (2004)
https://syndicalism.org/texts/490/syndicalism-and-anarcho-syndicalism-in-germany-an-introduction
"The strike, the withdrawal of labour power in varied ways, is not the only weapon of working-class struggle, but it is the chief one — and the basis of others."
--Tom Brown in What’s Wrong with the Unions? A Syndicalist Answer (1955)
https://syndicalism.org/texts/486/whats-wrong-with-the-unions-a-syndicalist-answer
"Here then we come to the real point on this question of sabotage: it is a WAR MEASURE, made necessary by the nature of the class struggle."
--Ben H. Williams in Sabotage (1911)
https://syndicalism.org/texts/483/sabotage
"There was no room for the trade union official careerist in the syndicate. The members paid for and controlled the whole syndicate."
--Wilf McCartney in Dare to be a Daniel! (1945)
https://syndicalism.org/texts/478/dare-to-be-a-daniel
"Closer observation, however, reveals that these institutions [so-called "workers' parties"] have less to do with a movement in the truest sense of the word than with the regulation and disciplining of the workers’ movement to the benefit of private or state investors of capital."
--Helge Döhring in Syndicalism and Anarcho-Syndicalism in Germany: An Introduction (2004)
https://syndicalism.org/texts/490/syndicalism-and-anarcho-syndicalism-in-germany-an-introduction
Hey everyone, it's #FollowFriday!
Last week I was getting familiar with the #FollowFriday hashtag, and this week I wanted to share some accounts on the Fediverse that I think are really worth checking out.
Take a look at these amazing people:
Politics:
@syndicalism
@Audibleanarchist
@workingclasshistory
@Freedom_Press
@igd_news
Tech and Software:
@emilyyoung
@ChrisWere
@libreleah
@praveen
@tails
Miscellaneous:
@internetarchive
@TheGiftofGab
@annaymone
@nullagent
@nat
"The day will come when the workers must decide not to ask for another loaf, but to take over the bakery; to take, hold, own, and control the means of production, not by walking out, but by staying in and locking out the capitalist class."
--Tom Brown in Syndicalism and Workers’ Committees (1962)
https://syndicalism.org/texts/466/syndicalism-and-workers-committees
"The strike is the open battle of the class struggle, sabotage is the guerrilla warfare, the day-by-day warfare between two opposing classes."
--Elizabeth Gurley Flynn in Sabotage (1913)
https://syndicalism.org/texts/484/sabotage-the-conscious-withdrawal-of-the-workers-industrial-efficiency
"One worker said, ‘I never heard of this thing called sabotage before Mr. Boyd spoke about it on the platform. I know once in a while when I want a half-day off and they won’t give it to me I slip the belt off the machine so it won’t run and I get my half-day. I don’t know whether you call that sabotage, but that’s what I do.’"
--Elizabeth Gurley Flynn in Sabotage (1913)
https://syndicalism.org/texts/484/sabotage-the-conscious-withdrawal-of-the-workers-industrial-efficiency
Erik L. Midtsveen 🏴🏳️🌈🇳🇴
