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</image> <label>Label</label> <label>Label</label> </infobox> 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

Precursors

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

Rise to Prominence

Rapid Decline

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. Plus, the failure of the CNT to organise the Spanish Revolution crushed many people's faith in libertarian socialism.

Resurgence

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

Confederation of Anarcho-Syndicalists (Russia)
Free Association of German Trade Unions
Free Workers' Union of Germany
House of the World Worker (Mexico)
General Confederation of Labour (France)
General Confederation of Labour (Portugal)
General Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions (France)
National Labor Secretariat (Netherlands)
National Libertarian Federation of Trade Unions (Japan)
Portuguese Maximalist Federation
Syndicalist Group Movement (Sweden)
Union of Russian Workers (USA and Canada)

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 == History ==
+''See Also: [[Timeline of Anarcho-Syndicalism]]''
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 === 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 [[Suburbia|suburbanisation]] and [[Social Democracy|social democracy]], meaning that the working class felt secure and the need for radical unionism ended. Plus, the failure of the CNT to organise the Spanish Revolution crushed many people's faith in [[Libertarian Socialism|libertarian socialism]].
 === Resurgence ===
 === 21st Century ===
-Anarcho-Syndicalism has steadily grown in the 21st century, even if it remains relatively small in comparison to other ideologies. Anarcho-Syndicalists have been involved in numerous strikes in the first world.
+Anarcho-Syndicalism has steadily grown in the 21st century, even if it remains relatively small in comparison to other ideologies.
 == Anarcho-Syndicalist Organisations ==