Radical Unionism
Title | Radical Unionism PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph Darlington |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9781608463305 |
Traces the entwined international legacy of revolutionary syndicalism and the communist movement. --From publisher description.
Anarcho-syndicalism
Title | Anarcho-syndicalism PDF eBook |
Author | Rudolf Rocker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 1947 |
Genre | Anarchism |
ISBN |
Green Syndicalism
Title | Green Syndicalism PDF eBook |
Author | Jeff Shantz |
Publisher | Syracuse University Press |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 2012-10-10 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0815651880 |
It is widely understood that the burdens of ecological destruction are borne disproportionately by working-class and poor communities, both through illness and disease caused by pollutants and through the depletion of natural resources from which they make a living. Yet, consistently, the voices of the working class are the most marginalized, excluded, and silenced when discussing how to address ecological concerns and protect the environment from future destruction. Both mainstream environmental groups, such as the Sierra Club and Greenpeace, and radical environmentalists, such as EarthFirst!, are reluctant to engage with working-class and poor communities, often viewing blue-collar workers as responsible for the destruction these groups are trying to prevent. In Green Syndicalism, Shantz issues a call to action to the environmental movement and labor activists, particularly rank and file workers, to join forces in a common struggle to protect the environment from capitalism, corporate greed, and the extraction of resources. He argues for a major transformation to address the "jobs versus the environment" rhetoric that divides these two groups along lines of race and class. Combining practical initiatives and theoretical perspectives, Shantz offers an approach that brings together radical ecology and revolutionary unionism in a promising vision of green politics. Green syndicalists work as coalitions to increase community-based economics and productive decision making that encourages the participation of all stakeholders in the process. Drawing, in part, on his own experiences growing up in a working-class family and organizing within radical ecology and labor movements, Shantz charts a path that accesses the commonalities between these groups in an effort to take on the forces that destroy the environment, exploit people, and harm their communities.
Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940
Title | Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 506 |
Release | 2010-11-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004188487 |
Narratives of anarchist and syndicalist history during the era of the first globalization and imperialism (1870-1930) have overwhelmingly been constructed around a Western European tradition centered on discrete national cases. This parochial perspective typically ignores transnational connections and the contemporaneous existence of large and influential libertarian movements in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Yet anarchism and syndicalism, from their very inception at the First International, were conceived and developed as international movements. By focusing on the neglected cases of the colonial and postcolonial world, this volume underscores the worldwide dimension of these movements and their centrality in anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggles. Drawing on in-depth historical analyses of the ideology, structure, and praxis of anarchism/syndicalism, it also provides fresh perspectives and lessons for those interested in understanding their resurgence today. Contributors are Luigi Biondi, Arif Dirlik, Anthony Gorman, Steven Hirsch, Dongyoun Hwang, Geoffroy de Laforcade, Emmet O'Connor, Kirk Shaffer, Aleksandr Shubin, Edilene Toledo, and Lucien van der Walt. With a foreword by Benedict Anderson.
Anarcho-syndicalism in the 20th Century
Title | Anarcho-syndicalism in the 20th Century PDF eBook |
Author | Vadim Dam§e |
Publisher | |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780973782769 |
Anarcho-syndicalism, a theory and practice of working class revolution, was developed not by scholars working in libraries but by the workers themselves. The anarcho-syndicalist movement of the 20th century extended to all the industrialized countries of the world and even agricultural regions. This was not a fringe phenomenon but involved millions of workers. Mainstream labor unions and social-democratic parties have become increasingly powerless to protect the gains of workers. In this situation, anarcho-syndicalism--the revolutionary, non-authoritarian alternative to reformism--is again on the agenda. This critical study of anarcho-syndicalism in the last century reveals a history of struggle which has often been neglected but holds many valuable lessons for the present.
Anarcho-syndicalism
Title | Anarcho-syndicalism PDF eBook |
Author | Rudolf Rocker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 1938 |
Genre | Anarchism |
ISBN |
Syndicalism in France
Title | Syndicalism in France PDF eBook |
Author | J.R. Jennings |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 283 |
Release | 1990-06-18 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1349088765 |
An examination of syndicalist ideas in France from the 19th century until the 1960s. It looks at two groups of people: the militants who created and led the syndicalist movement at its height and the intellectuals who in the first decade of the 20th century outlined a distinct syndicalist ideology.