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Syndicalism refers to a set of ideas, movements, and tendencies which share the avowed aim of transforming capitalist society through action by the working class on the industrial front. For syndicalists, labor unions are the potential means both of overcoming capitalism and of running society in the interests of the majority. Industry and government in a syndicalist society would be run by labour union federations. In classical economics and all micro-economics labour is a measure of the work done by human beings and is one of three factors of production, the others being land and capital. ... Labor history (or labour history) is a broad field of study concerned with the development of the labor movement and the working class. ... A Boeing employee speaks at a trade union rally The field of industrial relations looks at the relationship between management and workers, particularly groups of workers represented by a union. ... This article is in need of attention. ... For other uses, see Capitalism (disambiguation). ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... A trade union or labor union is an organization of workers. ...

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Introduction

This emphasis on industrial organization was a distinguishing feature of syndicalism when it began to be identified as a distinct current at the beginning of the twentieth century. Most socialist organisations of that period emphasised the importance of political action through party organizations as a means of bringing about socialism. Although all syndicalists emphasize industrial organization, not all reject political action altogether. For example, De Leonists and some other Industrial Unionists advocate parallel organisation both politically and industrially. Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... Developed by Daniel De Leon, Marxism_Deleonism is a form of Marxism. ... Industrial unionism is a labor union organizing method through which all workers in the same industry are organized into the same union — regardless of skill or trade — thus giving workers in one industry, or in all industries, more leverage in bargaining and in strike situations. ...


Syndicalisme is a French word meaning "trade unionism". This milder version of syndicalism was overshadowed by revolutionary anarcho-syndicalism in the early 20th century, which was most powerful in Spain, but also appeared in other parts of the world, as in the U.S.-centered Industrial Workers of the World. A trade union or labor union is an organization of workers. ... Anarcho-syndicalism is a branch of anarchism which focuses on the labour movement. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union currently headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. At its peak in 1923 the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing, and could marshal the support of perhaps 300,000 workers. ...


In a model syndicalist community, the local syndicate communicates with other syndicates through the Bourse de Travail (labour exchange), which manages and transfers commodities. The Bourse de Travail or labour exchanges, were working class organizations in France that encouraged mutual aid, education, and self-organization amongst their members in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. ...


Syndicalism is one of the three most common ideologies of egalitarian, pre-managed economic and labour structure, together with socialism and communism. It states, on an ethical basis, that all participants in an organized trade internally share equal ownership of its production and therefore deserve equal earnings and benefits within that trade, regardless of position or duty. By contrast, socialism emphasises distributing output among trades as required by each trade, not necessarily considering how trades organize internally. Syndicalism is compatible with privatism, unlike communism. Communism rejects government-sanctioned private ownership and private earnings in favor of making all property legally public, and therefore directly and solely managed by the people themselves. In Syndicalism, unions are the basis for the future society rather than simply means of attaining that society. Egalitarianism is the moral doctrine that equality ought to prevail among some group along some dimension. ... Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to control by the community[1] for the purposes of increasing social and economic equality and cooperation. ... Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. ... Ethics is a general term for what is often described as the science (study) of morality. In philosophy, ethical behavior is that which is good or right. ... Privatism is a generic term describing any belief that people have a right to the private ownership of certain things. ...


Syndicalists often form alliances with other workers' movements, including socialism, communism, and anarchism. Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to control by the community[1] for the purposes of increasing social and economic equality and cooperation. ... Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. ... Anarchist redirects here. ...


Prominent syndicalists

French syndicalists

Georges Eugène Sorel (2 November 1847-29 August 1922) was a French philosopher and theorist of revolutionary syndicalism. ... Fernand Pelloutier (1 October 1867 – 13 March 1901) was a French anarchist (anarcho-syndicalist). ... The Bourse de Travail or labour exchanges, is a form of French labour council, were working class organizations in that encouraged mutual aid, education, and self-organization amongst their members in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. ... The Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT or General Confederation of Work) is one of the five major French confederations of trade unions. ... CGT can be a three-letter abbreviation for: Capital gains tax Confederacion General del Trabajo de España, a Spanish trade union Confédération Générale du Travail, the French national trade union center The Confederación General del Trabajo de la República Argentina, the national trade... Hubert Lagardelle (1874-1958) was a French syndicalist thinker, influenced by Proudhon. ... José Bové (Toulouse, April 2007) Joseph (José) Bové (born June 11, 1953) is a French farmer and syndicalist, member of the alter-globalization movement, and spokesman for Via Campesina. ... The Charter of Amiens (French: Charte dAmiens) was adopted at the 9th Congress of the Confédération générale du travail (CGT) French trade-union, which took place in Amiens in October 1906. ...

Scottish syndicalists

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German syndicalists

Rudolf Rocker (1873-1958) Rudolf Rocker (March 25, 1873 - September 19, 1958) was an anarcho-syndicalist writer, historian and prominent activist. ...

Italian syndicalists

Alceste de Ambris (1874-1934) was an Italian anarcho_syndicalist. ... Michele Bianchi was an eminent revolutionary syndicalist leader. ... Arturo Labriola was an Italian revolutionary syndicalist. ... Agostino Lanzillo (1886-1952) was an anarcho-syndicalist leader who became a member of Benito Mussolinis Fascist movement. ... Robert Michels (9 January 1876, Cologne, Germany — 3 May 1936, Rome, Italy) was a German sociologist who wrote on the political behavior of intellectual elites. ... Sergio Panunzio (July 20, 1886-October 8, 1944) was an Italian theoretician of revolutionary syndicalism. ...

Spanish syndicalists

Francisco Ascaso was a leading anarchist figure in Spain. ... Buenaventura Durruti (July 14, 1896 in León—November 20, 1936, Madrid) was a central figure of Spanish anarchism during the period leading up to and during the Spanish Civil War. ... Ángel Pestaña Nuñez (sometimes rendered Ángel Pestanya in Catalan versions; February 14, 1886, Ponferrada, in León—December 11, 1937, Barcelona) was a Spanish Anarcho-syndicalist and later Syndicalist leader. ...

American syndicalists

Theory Issues Culture By region Lists Anarchism Portal Politics Portal ·        Emma Goldman (June 27, 1869 – May 14, 1940) aka Red Emma, was a Lithuanian-born anarchist known for her writings and speeches. ... William Dudley Big Bill Haywood (February 4, 1869–May 18, 1928) was a prominent figure in American radical unionism as a leader in the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) and later as a founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). ... Daniel de Leon Daniel De Leon (December 14, 1852 – May 11, 1914) was a Curaçao-born American socialist and Syndicalism-influenced trade unionist of Jewish origin. ... Joe Hill, born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund, and also known as Joseph Hillström (October 7, 1879 – November 19, 1915) was a radical songwriter, labor activist and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), also known as the Wobblies. ... Ralph Chaplin (1887—1961) became a labor activist, when at the age of seven, he saw a worker shot dead during the Pullman strike in Chicago, Illinois. ... Avram Noam Chomsky (Hebrew: אברם נועם חומסקי Yiddish: אברם נועם כאמסקי) (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, political activist, author, and lecturer. ... Sam Dolgoff (1902-1990) was an American anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist. ...

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Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Anarchist redirects here. ... Democratic socialism advocates socialism as a basis for the economy and democracy as a governing principle. ... Developed by Daniel De Leon, Marxism_Deleonism is a form of Marxism. ... The International Anarchist Congress of Amsterdam took place from 24 August to 31 August 1907. ... A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers... Council communism is a Radical Left movement originating in Germany and the Netherlands in the 1920s. ... The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union currently headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. At its peak in 1923 the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing, and could marshal the support of perhaps 300,000 workers. ... Anarcho-syndicalism is a branch of anarchism which focuses on the labour movement. ... National Syndicalism is typically associated with the right-wing labor movement in Italy which would later become the basis for Mussolini’s Fascist Party. ...

External links

  • AnarchoSyndicalism.net
  • Rudolf Rocker, a major proponent of anarcho-syndicalism
  • Libertarian Communist Library Archive
  • General Strikes, maps with locations where strikes have occurred; includes resource links

Bibliography

  • Anarcho-Syndicalism, Rudolf Rocker, London, 1989.
  • Liberalism and The Challenge of Fascism, Social Forces in England and France (1815-1870), J. Salwyn Schapiro, McGraw-Hill Book Co., NY, l949.
  • The Anarchists, James Joll, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1980.
  • The Syndicalist Tradition and Italian Fascism, David D. Robert, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill NC, 1979.
  • Lenny Flank (ed), "IWW: A Documentary History", Red and Black Publishers, St Petersburg, Florida, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9791813-5-1

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Syndicalism refers to a set of ideas, movements, and tendencies which share the avowed aim of transforming capitalist society through action by the working class on the industrial front.
This milder version of syndicalism was overshadowed by revolutionary anarcho-syndicalism in the early 20th century, which was most powerful in Spain, but also appeared in other parts of the world.
Syndicalism is one of the three most common ideologies of egalitarian, pre-managed economic and labor structure, together with socialism and communism.
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Syndicalism is a political and economic ideology which advocates giving control of both industry and government to labor union federations.
This milder version of syndicalism was overshadowed by revolutionary anarcho-syndicalism in the early 20th century, which was most powerful in Spain, but appeared in other parts of the world as well.
Syndicalism forms one of the three most common theories of a pre-managed economic and labor structure.
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