syndicalist
Labor federation proponent
A syndicalist advocates for syndicalism—a labor movement theory holding that workers should control industries through trade unions rather than through state ownership or private capitalism.
Syndicalists historically favored direct action, especially general strikes, to achieve worker control: The syndicalists called for a nationwide work stoppage.
The movement peaked in the early twentieth century but remains influential in anarchist and radical labor circles.
Distributing power from center
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- communeShared-living community
- collectiveJointly organized group
assembly · consensus · autonomy · egalitarianism · bottom-up · participatory · self-governing
Forceful impact or stoppage
- picketPointed fence stake
- wildcatUndomesticated small feline species
- slowdownReduction in pace
- walkoutProtest by leaving
sit-in · sabotage · work-to-rule · grievance · solidarity · rank-and-file · agitator · militant
Opposition to market economies
- self-managementGoverning oneself independently
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
Joining into one
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- associationGroup with shared aim
Wobblies · local · chapter · delegate · council · assembly · AFL
decentralization
Distributing power from center
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- communeShared-living community
collective · assembly · consensus · autonomy · egalitarianism · bottom-up · participatory · self-governing
strike
Forceful impact or stoppage
walkout · sit-in · sabotage · work-to-rule · grievance · solidarity · rank-and-file · agitator · militant · lockout
anti-capitalism
Opposition to market economies
- self-managementGoverning oneself independently
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
union
Joining into one
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
association · Wobblies · local · chapter · delegate · council · assembly · AFL
Barcelona
Catalan capital city
- Political Ideologistssocialist, communist, anarchist, Marxist, leftist
- CommunistsMarx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao
- political labelsliberal, conservative, leftist, rightist, moderate
- union workersunion activist, union rep, trade unionist, unionist, shop steward
- Left Anarchismanarcho-communist, mutualist, Emma Goldman, communalist, Noam Chomsky
syndicalistcapitalist
Private ownership supporter
corporatist · industrialist · plutocrat · monopolist · entrepreneur
syndicaliststatist
Centralized government supporter
authoritarian · totalitarian · centralist · fascist · Stalinist