anarcho-syndicalist

Worker-controlled society advocate

An anarcho-syndicalist advocates a political theory combining anarchism with trade unionism, holding that workers should seize control of the economy through labor unions and direct action rather than through political parties or the state.

The goal is a society organized around federated worker collectives with no centralized government: The anarcho-syndicalists called for a general strike.

ideology

anti-capitalism

Opposition to market economies

egalitarianism · collectivism · self-governance · decentralization · communalism

principles

solidarity

Unity among allies

non-hierarchical · participatory · grassroots · transparency · accountability

tactics

sabotage

Deliberate disruption of operations

work-to-rule · slowdown · picketing · expropriation · blockade · walkout

organization

federation

Union of semi-autonomous states

confederation · section · local · international · secretariat · committee

history

Catalonia

Autonomous northeastern Spanish community

1936

Opposites
state power

anarcho-syndicaliststatist

Centralized government supporter

authoritarian · totalitarian · fascist · Stalinist · Leninist

method of change

anarcho-syndicalistreformist

Advocate for gradual change

social democrat · gradualist · Fabian · incrementalist · liberal

economic organization

anarcho-syndicalistcapitalist

Private ownership supporter

corporatist · industrialist · neoliberal · plutocrat · robber baron

Family

anarchist, anarchism, anarchy, anarchic, anarchical, syndicalism, syndicalist, syndicate, syndication

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