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{{Ideology|title1 = Anarcho-Syndicalism|image1 = 1280px-Anarchist flag.svg.png|caption1 = The 'red-and-black flag' is the symbol of the anarcho-syndicalist and anarcho-communist movements. Black is the traditional color of anarchism, and red is the traditional color of socialism and communism. The red-and-black flag combines the two colors in equal parts, with a simple diagonal split.}}'''Anarcho-Syndicalism''' or '''Revolutionary Syndicalism''' is a [[Syndicalism|syndicalist]] strategy to create an [[Anarchism|anarchist]] society by the creation of anarchist trade unions followed by a wave of [[Strike|strikes]] and [[Workplace Occupation|occupations]] to create a society based on [[Workers' Self-Management|workers' self-management]].
'''Anarcho-Syndicalism''' or '''Revolutionary Syndicalism''' is a [[Syndicalism|syndicalist]] strategy to create an [[Anarchism|anarchist]] society by the creation of anarchist trade unions followed by a wave of [[Strike|strikes]] and [[Workplace Occupation|occupations]] to create a society based on [[Workers' Self-Management|workers' self-management]].


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Anarcho-Syndicalism or Revolutionary Syndicalism is a syndicalist strategy to create an anarchist society by the creation of anarchist trade unions followed by a wave of strikes and occupations to create a society based on workers' self-management.


History

See Also: Timeline of Anarcho-Syndicalism

Precursors

Some argue that Proudhon's writings contain the first hints of syndicalism. But Mikhail Bakunin lay much of the theoretical groundwork for anarcho-syndicalism. Arguing that workers forming trade unions and striking would be a necessity for the working class to realise its potential in running society in a directly democratic way.

First Organisations

1910 - Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT)

1912 - Unione Sindacale Italiana (USI)

1922 - International Workers' Association

Rise to Prominence

Throughout the 1910s and 1920s, anarcho-syndicalism became the dominant revolutionary ideology among much of the lower classes in Europe, the USA and South America.

Rapid Decline

Despite their many victories for the working class, anarcho-syndicalist organisations were rapidly destroyed with the rise of fascism.

Irrelevance

After the Spanish Civil War and destruction of the CNT, anarcho-syndicalism had little to no relevance anywhere. They organised no strikes and didn't really grow as a movement. The 1940s and 1950s saw the rise of suburbanisation and social democracy, meaning that the working class felt secure and the need for radical unionism ended. The remaning radical left began to support the USSR, as it remained the only functioning example of a society produced by leftist ideals, in comparison to the failure of the Spanish Revolution.

Resurgence

With the fall of the dictatorship of Spain and return of many CNT exiles to Spain and the reformation of the union. New groups all across the world formed in inspiration.

21st Century

Anarcho-Syndicalism has steadily grown in the 21st century, even if it remains relatively small in comparison to other ideologies.

Anarcho-Syndicalist Organisations

International

National

Defunct

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