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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.
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Now Chapter 05 - End of Work, Magical Life
Now Chapter 04 - Let’s Destitute the World
Now chapter 03 - Death to Politics
Now chapter 02 - 50 Nuances of Breakage
Now Chapter 01 -Tomorrow is cancelled
Janes Revenge First Communique
A Glowing Dream, considerations on Green Syndicalism and Radical Ecology by Jolly Roger
The short instructional manifesto for relationship anarchy by Andie Nordgren
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Alexander Berkman: What is Communist Anarchism? - Consumption and Exchange
Alexander Berkman: What is Communist Anarchism? - Principles and Practice
Alexander Berkman: What is Communist Anarchism? - Organisation of Labour for the Social Revolution
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