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Anarcho-syndicalism in the 20th Century (Vadim Damier, 2009)

anarcho-syndicalism-in-the-20th-centuryAnarcho-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 labour 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 once 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.

  • Translator's introduction
  • Preface
  • Part 1: Revolutionary Syndicalism
    • Chapter 1: From the First International to Revolutionary Syndicalism
    • Chapter 2: the Rise of the Revolutionary Syndicalist Movement
    • Chapter 3: Revolutionary Syndicalism and Anarchism
    • Chapter 4: Revolutionary Syndicalism during the First World War
  • Part 2: Anarcho-syndicalism
    • Chapter 5: The Revolutionary Years
    • Chapter 6: From Revolutionary Syndicalism to Anarcho-syndicalism
    • Chapter 7: The World Anarcho-Syndicalist Movement in the 1920’s and 1930’s
    • Chapter 8: Ideological-Theoretical Discussions in Anarcho-syndicalism in the 1920’s -1930’s
  • Part 3: The Spanish Revolution
    • Chapter 9: The Uprising of July 19 1936
    • Chapter 10: Libertarian Communism or Antifascist Unity?
    • Chapter 11: Under the Pressure of Circumstances
    • Chapter 12: The CNT Enters the Government
    • Chapter 13: The CNT in Government - Results and Lessons
    • Chapter 14: Notwithstanding “Circumstances”
    • Chapter 15: The Spanish Revolution and World Anarcho-syndicalism
  • Part 4: Decline and Possible Regeneration
    • Chapter 16: Anarcho-Syndicalism during the Second World War
    • Chapter 17: Anarcho-syndicalism After World War II
    • Chapter 18: Anarcho-syndicalism in contemporary Russia
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • Acronyms
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Direct Action #45 (Winter 2008)

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Inside this issue:

  • Direct Action; Inside this issue;
  • The Aims of the Solidarity Federation
  • Editorial - Climate Change & Economic Crisis
  • Economic crisis - Dreaming in the Downturn: will state intervention herald a new dawn for social democrats?;
  • Japanese Lesson
  • Shameful Scenes as BNP Gather in Liverpool
  • Self-Organising in Mental Health
  • Have your say: Anti-Capitalist Feminist Conference;
  • Reforming Parliament?;
  • Address Unknown
  • DIY Politics: solidarity between community, workplace & social movements
  • Anarcha-Feminism or Death! the relevance of anarchism and feminism today
  • Recessive Tendencies: a tale of boom, bust and that old devil called capitalism
  • Workers Control, not Controlled Workers: socialism & workers control the case for libertarian
  • (Italy) Fighting Neoliberal Reforms in Education;
  • (Greece) After the Tear Gas;
  • (Colombia) Repression Continues;
  • Global focus - Cuba: 50 Years of Fidelismo
  • Reviews - Realizing Hope: Life beyond Capitalism (Michael Albert)
  • A Century of Writing on the IWW (Steve Kellerman)
  • Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism (updated edition) (Peter Marshall)
  • Chris Wood – Dulwich, 19th December 2008
  • A closer look - Oil Be Damned: why global capital, state power and oil dependence is a recipe for disaster
  • Solfed/IWA contacts; locals; other local contacts; other contacts & information; friends & neighbours
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Direct Action #44 (Autumn 2008)

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Inside this issue:

  • 4: Have your Say - shock doctrine / surveillance / financial crisis...
  • 6: Credit Crunches & Capitalist Calamities
  • 8: Our Health, our Care, our Say? You must be Joking - reports and comment from the health and social care frontline
  • 10: Housing Associations & Housing Benefit
  • 11: No Such Thing as Class? - health & wealth / tax credits favour the middle class / domestic fuel: the facts
  • 14: Work, Consume, Buy! - why capitalism needs the consumer dream and we don’t
  • 16: Work is Slavery - unsavoury truths of the global capitalist production line
  • 18: Anarchism, Fascism & the State
  • 21: The Social General Strike
  • 23: Farmed & Dangerous - the Human and Environmental Impact of Salmon Farming
  • 24: International - poland / serbia / argentina / greece
  • 26: Argentina: Interview with FORA General Secretary
  • 29: Reviews - rebellious spirit / free comrades / anarchist faq / nowtopia / address unknown
  • 32: Get Rich or Die Tryin’ - a closer look
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Direct Action #43 (Summer 2008)

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Inside this issue:

  • 4: Have your Say - religion / climate / Yarl’s Wood
  • 6: Public Sector Strikes Coming your Way
  • 7: Unison Witch Hunt
  • 8: Pensions under Attack
  • 9: Reclaim Higher Education
  • 10: No Such Thing as Class? - classless society / class in Crewe / low pay trap
  • 13: Hostel Residents Fight Back / Academy Site Occupied
  • 14: A Housing Timebomb? - gentrification, class & social policy
  • 16: Food for Thought - food prices, starvation, obesity and the global disease
  • 18: The Workers’ Friend - Rudolf Rocker & the Arbeter Fraint Jewish anarchist group
  • 21: From Protest to Resistance - opposing globalisation
  • 25: International - Starbucks / Mayday 2008
  • 28: Reviews - past tense / the shock doctrine / under two dictators
  • 30: Workers’ Solidarity, not Immigration Control - a closer look at the immigration ‘debate’ & organising immigrant workers
  • 35: Contacts Directory
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Direct Action #42 (Spring 2008)

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Inside this issue:

  • 3: Editorial: Them & Us - the class war and economic slowdown
  • 5: Letters - respect / football fans bite back
  • 6: With Friends like these - what we can do about unions failing to protect us
  • 7: S. London SF Act against Underpaying Restaurant
  • 8: London Coalition Against Poverty
  • 10: Tenant Privacy Breached / Education Workers
  • 11: No Such Thing as Class? - poverty / education / health
  • 14: War is Murder for Profit - Iraq, Afghanistan & the War on Terror
  • 16: The First Casualty of War - Harry, the Media & Afghanistan
  • 17: International - Colombia / Poland
  • 18: The ‘May Days’ - a turning point in the Spanish Revolution
  • 22: International - Mexico / Iran
  • 23: Unione Sindacale Italiana - interview with Italian anarcho-syndicalist
  • 26: Reviews - beyond bullets / making a killing / the anarchist past / my revolutionary life / red mutiny
  • 31: Anarchism, Sex & Freedom - a closer look at the fight against capitalism, patriarchy & repressive religious morality
  • 35: Contacts Directory
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Direct Action #41 (Winter 2007)

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Inside this issue:

  • 3: Editorial - Against all politicians
  • 5: Letters - Al Bangura / Mujeres Libres
  • 6: Silent Nightingales - Karen Reissmann, the NHS and the threat of a good example
  • 9: Death by Superbugs
  • 10: The Caring Face of New Labour - Part 2
  • 11: Casualisation Kills / Education Workers Network
  • 12: Safety First / Lackeys of the Rich
  • 13: A Load of Hot Air - reformist ‘solutions’ to global warming
  • 14: Gaining Respect? - Galloway & co split
  • 16: Supermarket Sweep - the impact of global capitalism
  • 18: The International Workers Association - the founding of the anarcho-syndicalist International
  • 22: No Such Thing as Class?
  • 23: International - Spanish CNT / Germany / Russia / Venezuela
  • 27: Reviews - the subversion of politics / anti-fascist action / Emilio Canzi / drowning dog / deletist / monarchy / art against authority
  • 32: Capitalism is Boring!!!! a closer look at situationism
  • 35: Contacts Directory
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Direct Action #40 (Autumn 2007)

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Inside this issue:

  • Letters: page 5
  • National:
  • Are we all proud now?: page 6
  • NSSN: Time to organize in the workplace: page 8
  • No new Trident: page 10
  • Bush, Bin Laden and the clash of civilisations: page 11
  • City academies: page 14
  • The ‘caring’ face of New Labour: page 21
  • The scourge of humanity: page 22
  • Manchester Solfed and the Police: page 25
  • History:
  • Factory committees in the Russian Revolution: page 17
  • The Revolution that never was: page 18
  • International:
  • Egyptian class struggle in 2007: page 26
  • Colombian Embassy picketed: page 29
  • The plight of the Penan of Sarawak: page 30
  • The back end:
  • Reviews: page 32
  • Football: take back the people’s game: page 33
  • Contact Directory: page 35
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Direct Action #39 (Summer 2007)

Direct Action #39 (Summer 2007)

Inside this issue

  • The Aims of the Solidarity Federation
  • Editorial - Labour: an anti-working class party
  • Comment - Happy 50th Birthday EU
  • Why does the scum always rise to the top?
  • Hedging their bets
  • Labouring under delusions
  • Lose the Levy (your union subs are keeping Labour afloat)
  • 200 more Years of Slavery
  • Derailed: how the trains are in deep crisis
  • Environ-mental: Why capitalism is destroying the planet
  • New Labour REACHes new depths
  • SolFed conference: where we're heading
  • Rationing by stealth: How market forces in the NHS attack our social wage
  • 57 Varieties - All unfit for consumption - Why all political parties have nothing to offer the working class
  • International - IWA: Solidarity with Colombian workers
  • Thatcherism Down Under
  • May 1st 2007
  • Review - Dancin' in the Streets: Anarchists, IWWs, Surrealists, Situationists and Provos in the 1960s. Edited by Franklin Rosemont & Charles Radcliffe
  • Comment - The cult of celebrity and the poverty of everyday life
  • Solfed/IWA contacts
  • Friends & neighbours
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The Solidarity Federation is an anarcho-syndicalist union, a means for people seeking to improve our lives to organise in our workplaces and communities. SolFed brings together people in all occupations regardless of industry, sector or trade – whether we’re employed or not.

SolFed seeks the abolition of capitalism and the institutions of power that are associated with it, such as the state. Our goal is to create a society centred on needs rather than profit, based upon the principle ‘from each according to ability, to each according to need’.

We believe in the principle of direct action – that means doing something for ourselves and not expecting leaders or representatives to act on our behalf.

SolFed members organise ourselves in a federation of local unions; in education we are in the Solidarity Federation Education Union (SFEU) and our members in hospitality are in the Solidarity Federation Hospitality Workers Union (SFHWU)

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