Welcome to Anarcho-Syndicalism 101, your entry point to the global anarcho-syndicalist and revolutionary union movement. As its name suggests, this website is devoted to aiding and furthering an autonomous global movement of working class solidarity and direct action, based around the ideas and principles of anarcho-syndicalism.

Anarcho-Syndicalism 101 is a web archive of theoretical and historical texts, articles, image and mp3 files, cultural items and outreach material (otherwise known as propaganda) produced by, and related to, libertarian and autonomous class struggle. Here you will find information on various aspects of anarcho-syndicalist theory and practise, including some texts translated into English for the first time, specifically for this site.

Given that anarcho-syndicalism is a living praxis with relevance to the real world, and not a dead dogma, this site features criticism of anarcho-syndicalism over a broad ideological spectrum.

Anarcho-Syndicalism 101 features collections of works by protagonists of anarcho-syndicalism, not least of which includes Rudolf Rocker, and Emile Pouget. It includes a section on the achievements in self-management, direct democracy and anarchy carried out during the Spanish Revolution of 1936.

This site also places a focus on issues such as racism, sexism, homophobia and nationalist culture, examining them not only as as evils in and of themselves, but also as obstacles to working class solidarity. Needless to say, included in this examination are ways and means of overcoming them. This section will also examine efforts to overcome perceived conflicts between workers' rights and environmental concerns in industries such as logging.

Anarcho-Syndicalism 101 is one hub of several for autonomous workers' movements movements around the world. The site features a Syndicalist Directory, as well as a newswire, where visitors to the site can make announcements and calls for solidarity. For further discussion this site features an area where visitors can subscribe to a variety of anarcho-syndicalist email lists, and a web-based forum.

For the first time visitor, this site features the Anarcho-Syndicalist FAQ.

Anarcho-Syndicalism 101 is constantly under development. Please come back soon to view new additions and changes to the site.

The Anarcho-Syndicalist Answer to Corporate Globalisation
by Brian Oliver Sheppard

"The capitalist class, through corporate globalization, can disempower workers, and settle in areas where workers have no political voice to affect change. Already the WTO is set to meet in the remote desert nation of Qatar, which is ruled by a monarchy, and where rival political factions and freedom of speech are illegal. In the USA, corporations increasingly rely on the easily exploitable labor of illegal aliens and prison workforces, two segments of the labor force that have no real rights. Direct action is their only recourse. Likewise, oppressed workers in other lands often have no political say. What else can they do but act directly upon what is immediately oppressing them?"

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