[Editor’s note: Our friends in the local chapter of Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation had a standing room only event on July 18th for a book on the history of the Uruguayan Anarchist Federation (FAU) — an organization with significant…
Green Syndicalism combines syndicalism with eco-anarchism: Green Syndicalism is based on the recognition that workers — and direct worker and community alliances — can be a force against the environmentally destructive actions of capitalist firms. The goal of Green Syndicalism…
By Steve Ongerth – While the IWW is not an explicitely anarcho-syndicalist organization, much of its praxis fits comfortably within the anarcho-syndicalist tradition. It’s not the only revolutionary organization or union that does, either, and it’s evident that anarcho-syndicalism as…
The politics of “degrowth” are an important present-day trend in ecosocialism. The authors of The Future Is Degrowth: A Guide to a World beyond Capitalism try to explain this approach and its strategy for change. The politics of “degrowth” are…
By Tom Wetzel As the burning of fossil fuels continues to pump up the size of the carbon dioxide layer in the atmosphere, the global warming crisis becomes ever more acute. In its “Code Red for Humanity” warning in 2021,…
By Tom Wetzel “The labor movement today is in miserable shape, probably worse than in any period of labor history,” writes Joe Burns. To get out of this situation and rebuild unionism as an effective fighting force, Burns proposes a…
By Tom Wetzel A major influence on radical thinking since the Russian revolution is the form of radical politics called Leninism. The name derives from the central role of the Bolshevik leader V.I. Lenin in shaping the direction of the…