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In this chapter we will introduce anarcho-syndicalism as a synthesis of the anarchist politics and syndicalist methods we encountered in the previous chapter. This will be explored through the theory of Émile Pouget, the Argentine FORA (Argentine Regional Workers’ Federation), the German FAUD (Free Workers’ Union of Germany) and the Spanish CNT (National Confederation of Labour). While the mainstream workers’ movement is separated into political (party) and economic (trade union) wings, anarcho-syndicalism's revolutionary unions are at the same time political and economic organisations. In countries where reformist trade unionism was not well established (such as Spain) this revolutionary current sometimes became the mainstream. Where trade unions were stronger (such as Germany), anarcho-syndicalism constituted a revolutionary alternative to the mainstream workers’ movement. This chapter will also show how this synthesis of anarchism and syndicalism has taken different forms in response to different conditions, but always rejected the division of the workers’ movement into economic and political wings, and rejected representation in favour of associations for direct action.
Desert by Anonymous, Chapter 10
Desert by Anonymous, Chapter 9: Anarchists Behind the Walls
Desert by Anonymous, Chapter 8: Conservation Amidst Change
Desert by Anonymous, Chapter 7: Convergence and the New Urban Majorities
Desert by Anonymous, Chapter 6: Terror-Nullius Returns
Desert by Anonymous, Chapter 5: Civilization Retreats, Wildness Persists
Desert by Anonymous, Chapter 4: African Roads to Anarchy
Desert by Anonymous, Chapter 3: Desert Storms
Desert by Anonymous, Chapter 2: It’s Later Than We Thought
Desert by Anonymous, Authors Note and Chapter 1: No (Global) Future
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Rossum’s Universal Robots by Karel Čapek, Epilogue
Rossum’s Universal Robots by Karel Čapek, act 3
Rossum’s Universal Robots by Karel Čapek, act 2
Rossum’s Universal Robots by Karel Čapek, preface & act 1
Revolutionary Unity by Nestor Makhno
Advice to Comrades by Elisee Reclus
Army of Altruists by David Graeber
Syndicalism the Modern Menace to Capitalism by Emma Goldman
Solidarity in Liberty: The Workers' Path to Freedom by Mikhail Bakunin
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