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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.
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 33 - Dark People
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 32 - Odessa, Life and Vision
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 31 - The Tcheka
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 30 - In Various Walks
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 29 - Kiev
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 28 - Fastov the Pogromed
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 27 - Further South
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 26 - Prison and Concentration Camp
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 25 - Nestor Makhno
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 24 - Yossif the Emigrant
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 23 - In Soviet Institutions
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 22 - First Days in Kharkov
The Bolshevik Myth Chapter 21 - Enroute to the Ukraina
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 20 - Other People
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 19 - The Spirit of Fanaticism
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 18 - The British Labor Mission
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 17 - The First of May
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 16 - Rest Homes for Workers
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 15 - Back in Petrograd
The Bolshevik Myth, Chapter 14 - On the Latvian Border
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