syndicalist 

A syndicalist is someone who advocates for the emancipation of the working class only through economic means, and abstains from political struggle. Syndicalists are usually active in trade or labor unions. They typically denounce the role of a organized political working class party as authoritarian. Syndicalist theory in many ways can be seen as similar to anarchism, and different terms of classification such as "anarcho-syndicalism" or "anarcho-communism" can be used to describe this particular ideology.

The IWW has a strong syndicalist tradition in that they dont advocate political struggle, and see the trade union as the only essential route towards working class emancipation.

syndicalist by Damien E November 24, 2007

Anarcho-Syndicalism 

Anarcho-syndicalism, also referred to as revolutionary syndicalism, is a theory of anarchism that views revolutionary industrial unionism or syndicalism as a method for workers in capitalist society to gain control of an economy and thus control influence in broader society.
Syndicalists consider their economic theories a strategy for facilitating worker self-activity and as an alternative co-operative economic system with democratic values and production centered on meeting human needs.

worker A: I believe in equal labor, we don't need greddy boss, we're tired of resisting wage slavery in the capitalist society. We want to be free! Liberation of the working class.
worker B: I agree! Long Live Anarcho-Syndicalism

Anarcho-Syndicalism by joloqs December 14, 2019

anarcho-syndicalism 

A type of anarchism which maintains that an anarchist society can come about through action by workers organised in unions - typically grassroots unions with direct democracy or without officials. Workers' organisation is to culminate in a general strike which overcomes capitalism, as well as generating day-to-day resistance which weakens capitalist control.

The IWW and IWA have always been the main anarcho-syndicalist groups.

The IWW, or Wobblies, believed in the formation of one big union involving all workers, as a prelude to a general strike. They still exist, but were most successful in pre-WW2 America, when they successfully organised many workers.

The IWA is an international federation of groups of anarcho-syndicalists in various countries. Unlike the IWW, it organises as a federation of individuals and not as a union divided up into industries and occupations.

The Spanish union, CGT, is federated to the IWA and is the largest syndicalist group anywhere today. It was even bigger in the 30s, when it was one of the main organisers of the resistance to Franco's attempt to seize power. It provoked controversy, however, by entering government, in breach of anarchist principles.

anarcho-syndicalism by free-range egghead May 3, 2004

anarcho-syndicalism 

The form of government advocated by "Dennis the Peasant" in the famous Monty Python Movie "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"

If you don't believe me you haven't watched it enough

"I told you, we're an anarco-sydicalist commune. We take it in turns to be a sort of executive officer for the week..."

Though anarcho-syndicalism is funny in the movie, only true idiots would be proponents of such a dumb system

anarcho-syndicalism by Lookinglass December 28, 2005

Anarcho-Syndicalism 

A pipe dream.

Anarcho-Syndicalism cannot work because people are idiots. History has proven fascism, unecessary large scale wars, greed for more land, and idiocy ultimately dominates any attempt at reform for this.

Anarcho-Syndicalism by athlonuser1126 October 30, 2022

anarcho-syndicalism 

A democratic system where people vote on how resources are used. There are no property rights, and attempting to hold property or own it is severely punished by the ruling committee elected by the populus

. Anarcho-syndicalists often pretend to represent individualism, but it is clear the property rights are essential to be tolerated and independent of your community. Because of this, anarcho-syndicalism is indistinguishable from anarcho-communism.

Anarcho-syndicalists intend to accomplish their goals by using force and coercion using a state structure to conquer what they consider to be "private tyrannies." After accomplishing democratic socialism, these anarcho-syndicalists expect the state to somehow dissolve and for anarcho-syndicalism to form.

Anarcho-syndicalism relies on committees that work with workers to produce goods. No currency is used, and so there is no way to accurately measure value or support a supply and demand system to support a materialistic culture. These committees act like a government, where they administer justice and enforce laws.

Anarcho-syndicalists claim that the use of coercion through their committee structure, their establishment of temporary leaders through democracy, and non-tolerance of capitalist internal systems is somehow anarchy.

Regular Person: anarcho-syndicalism is truly statism.
Political Person: No. Go get educated and stop your straw man attacks. Anarcho-syndicalism is true freedom of the collective people form the tyranny of individual property rights and capitalism.

anarcho-syndicalism by other guy besides me May 13, 2016

Symbolic Syndicalism 

When one pretends to care about labour laws and workers' rights but does not know what needs to be done to actually achieve the actual dictatorship of the proletariat, a pathway to the creation of a society where the working class isn't oppressed.

Example, a private organization where bourgeoisie bosses are stealing their worker's labour claims that they are employee friendly because they follow the 40 hour work week guideline. That is an organization's symbolic syndicalism.

Symbolic Syndicalism by goonercooker September 29, 2018