An introduction to a subject which the spanish war has brought into overwhelming prominence is a book written by the. Modern anarchosyndicalism is the direct reaction against the concepts and methods of political socialism, a reaction which even before the war had already made itself manifest in the strong upsurge of the syndicalist labour movement in france, italy, and other countries, not to speak of spain, where the great majority of the organised workers had always remained faithful to the doctrines of the first international. The discussion of anarchosyndicalism itself is good. Preface by noam chomsky, introduction buy nicolas walter. Rocker also discusses how anarchosyndicalism successfully was put into practice, most notably in spain. Theory and practice and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Anarchosyndicalism theory and practice by rudolf rocker. Anarchosyndicalism theory and practice by rudolf rocker, chapter 1. Anarchosyndicalism theory and practice by rudolf rocker, chapter 2. Classic extended work of rudolf rocker on anarchosyndicalism. Although rocker never quite gives a straightforward definition of this politicoeconomic philosophy, his demonstration of its practice should make the meaning of this theory sufficiently clear.
The publication of rudolf rockers anarchosyndicalism, after far too many years, is. Has this also gone under the title of anarchosyndicalism theory and practice. Nicolas walter was a journalist, lifelong anarchist and tireless activist against militarism and nuclear weapons. Anarchosyndaclism eliminates the apparatus of the state as a means to socialism, whereas classical marxist theory insists that the state will wither away once the proletarian has seized control of anarcyosyndicalism means of production.
I managed to pick up the original version as a free epub on the internet which. Rudolf rockers classic survey of anarchosyndicalism was written during the spanish civil. In 1914 rocker vigorously opposed both sides in the first world and after a few months he was interned as an enemy alien. The publication of rudolf rockers anarchosyndicalism is an event of much importance for. Anarchosyndicalism by rudolf rocker anarchism and its aspirations by cindy milstein on anarchism by noam chomsky the accumulation of freedom by. Anarchosyndicalism by rudolf rocker anarchism and its aspirations by cindy milstein on.