Anarcho-syndicalism wants workers to organize in revolutionary trade unions, take over production through direct action and run society through federated workplace councils.
Key thinkers:Rosa Luxemburg, Peter Kropotkin, Rabindranath TagoreTake the test and your match with Anarcho-Syndicalism shows up here. It is worked out in your browser and never sent anywhere.
It sees the labor union as both the means of fighting capitalism and the seed of a new society. Strikes, and eventually a general strike, are the tools; the goal is workers’ self-management and the end of the state.
It was influential in early 20th-century Spain, where the CNT union played a major role in the period of the Civil War.
The ideas that most people in this tradition would sign up to.
It developed from the late-19th-century French labor movement and spread to Spain, Latin America and elsewhere.
Thinkers whose documented positions on the 12 axes align most closely with this ideology.
Revolutionary socialist · 1871–1919
A Polish-born German socialist who argued for revolution through mass action, opposed the First World War, and warned that socialism without freedom of opinion would die.
“The Russian Revolution says that without elections, a free press and free assembly, life dies out in every public institution.”
Geographer & anarchist thinker · 1842–1921
He imagined a society organized through voluntary cooperation and shared resources, replacing centralized authority with freely associated communities.
“Voluntary participation rather than rule by a sovereign authority.”
Poet & philosopher · 1861–1941
A Bengali poet and Nobel laureate who criticised nationalism, founded a school and university for open exchange, and renounced his knighthood after the 1919 Amritsar massacre.
“His 1917 lectures call the nation an organised selfishness that threatens humanity.”
These are its strongest leanings, followed by all twelve axes. They describe the typical version of the tradition.
Leans very strongly toward Federal
97% toward Federal
Leans very strongly toward Irreligious
96% toward Irreligious
Leans very strongly toward Democratic
95% toward Democratic
Editorial estimates for comparison and discussion. Real people and parties in this tradition vary.
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