Eclectic and random contemporary and historical comments and reposts of interest to anarcho-syndicalists and radical workers. Completely eclectic   https://www.facebook.com/Musings-of-an-anarcho-syndicalist-315319919299035

Russia: Statement by the Confederation of Revolutionary Anarcho-Syndicalists (KRAS) We, anarchists and anarcho-syndicalists, consider it completely unacceptable for ourselves to take any part in political shows organized by supporters of the right-wing populist Navalny, who is sadly “famous” for his openly nationalist, anti-immigrant, anti-Caucasian and anti-Semitic…

Murray Bookchin’s Legacy: A Syndicalist Critique By Tom Wetzel January 14th is the 100th anniversary of Murray Bookchin’s birth. Perhaps it is worth looking at his contribution to radical politics. Bookchin had been involved in the communist youth movement in the 1930s. He eventually abandoned official Marxist organizations…

Trumps Capital Chaos Short Statement by the Workers Solidarity Alliance (WSA) On Wednesday, January 6th 2021, an attack organized by a far right wing mob on the Capital Building of the United States took place while congress met to certify the presidential election results. They were…

“The Rank and File Strategy”: A Syndicalist View By Tom Wetzel “Kim Moody’s writings on “the Rank and File Strategy” have gained a broad hearing within a variety of socialist groups, such as Democratic Socialists of America and smaller socialist groupings. His original pamphlet from 2000 talks about…

Co-librarian of Sukkum ta Kitaapk (Library of Stars) and member of the UVT at MEM @muktivadi IWA-AIT, Mona talks about her motivations and inspiration behind setting up the library at Shabri Nagar in Bhopal. (1) pic.twitter.com/F6FgrX5xZ3 — IWA – AIT (@IWAAIT) December 26, 2020

Freedom for Chilean Prisoners International Workers Association (IWA/AIT)  Secretariat “Since the uprising by the Chilean people against the price increase of subway tickets, transport services and neoliberal policies of Chilean government, in which more than 11,300 people were arrested, and 2,500 of them are in prison,…

A brief intro to “What is Libertarian Socialism?” by veteran libertarian syndicalist Tom Wetzel. Libertarian socialism is a current or tendency in the world socialist movement that first became an organized tendency in the International Workingmen’s Association of the 1860s-70s, based on various grassroots worker unions and…

“In examining the possibilities for politics within and at a distance from the state, it is important to revisit the democratic traditions of the working class, which are often learned through struggles and strikes – and which were exemplified by the new unions of the 1970s…

Take from veteran libertarian syndicalist Tom Wetzel’s FaceBook page “DSA was caught ‘back-footed’ by the anti-racist uprising, and was  unable to work with the new layer of leaders that emerged to help  organize an ongoing anti-racist organization independent of the NGOs and  the Democrats. Rather than…