Can be read at https://libcom.org/library/fighting-ourselves-anarcho-syndicalism-class-struggle-solidarity-federation
This excellent book by Solfed aims to recover some of the lost history of the workers' movement, in order to set out a revolutionary strategy for the present conditions. In clear and accessible prose, the book sets out the anarcho-syndicalist criticisms of political parties and trade unions, engages with other radical traditions such as anarchism, syndicalism and dissident Marxisms, explains what anarcho-syndicalism was in the twentieth century, and how it's relevant - indeed, vital - for workers today.
This chapter will introduce three radical currents from the historical workers’ movement. First we will look at anarchism, the name given to the anti-state socialists in the European workers’ movement of the 19th and 20th centuries. Anarchism, as a political doctrine, opposed itself to all statist politics, whether parliamentary or ‘revolutionary’, instead placing its emphasis on human capacities for voluntary co-operation, mutual aid and working class direct action. Second, we will encounter syndicalism. Emerging in France, the syndicalist movement of rank and file controlled, radical unions spread to many countries taking new forms in different conditions. We will focus on the French CGT, the North American IWW and the syndicalist currents in the workers’ movement in Britain. In all cases, working class direct action was the watchword of the syndicalists who, often under anarchist influence, formed unions based on the shared economic interests of workers. Finally, we will look at council communism, a radical Marxist current which broke with orthodoxies such as the necessity of the Party and the capture of state power. The council communists drew some very similar conclusions to many anarchists and anarcho-syndicalists, but we will also explore some important differences
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 14 - On the Latvian Border
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 13 - Lenin
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 12- Sights and Views
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 11 - Bolshevik Activities
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 10 - A Visit to Peter Kropotkin
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 09 - The Club on the Tverskaya
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 08 - In the Moskkommune
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 07- The Market
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 06 - Tchicherin and Karakhan
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 05 - The Guest House
The Bolshevik Myth chapter 04 - Moscow
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 03 - In Petrograd
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 02 - On Soviet Soil
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 01 - The Log of the Transport “Buford”
The Bolshevik Myth, Preface
Deportation Its Meaning and Menace by Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman; Part 02
Deportation Its Meaning and Menace by Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman; Part 01
Deportation Its Meaning and Menace by Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman; Introduction
Now Chapter 07 - For the Ones to Come
Now Chapter 06 - Everyone Hates the Police
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