I guess the biggest difference this time is that the internet exists, and last time they didn’t have a climate crisis that requires the abolishment of capitalism to survive. So, bad news is we’re doing a repeat, but good news is the motivation and reasons to defeat fascism have never been higher!
Let’s hope we’re able to learn from lessons of the past as we find new ways to save ourselves, and the people finally come out on top. We’ve a got a lot riding on it.
I agree, if we don’t believe things can get better why continue living? Why even have a political position at all? What’s it all for if we don’t have faith the world can do better?
Also, in my opinion Anarcho-syndicalism as based as it is, isn’t what we really need right now.
While I advocate for unionizing with syndicalist unions like the IWW, it’s not going to provide a long term solution on its own. I see it as one piece of a larger puzzle.
It helps gain some people a bit of breathing room with something closer to living wages, helps educate people of the power they can wield collectively, and pushes the needle forward in regards to realizing a general strike.
I think what holds it back from being able to achieve victory on its own is that a lot if collective effort us expended toward simply gaining back what is stolen by corporations, and less on community prefiguration. It’s also hard to keep members in such a politically diverse umbrella focused on revolutionary class warfare, instead of being satisfied at a certain point of reform or concession from the corporations.
It’d still a useful tool, and one method I haven’t really seen tried or described, is the idea of a worker coop actively funding syndicalist unions for their capitalist competitors to make it easier to compete.
We are bringing other things back, too. How can things develop differently?
I guess the biggest difference this time is that the internet exists, and last time they didn’t have a climate crisis that requires the abolishment of capitalism to survive. So, bad news is we’re doing a repeat, but good news is the motivation and reasons to defeat fascism have never been higher!
Let’s hope we’re able to learn from lessons of the past as we find new ways to save ourselves, and the people finally come out on top. We’ve a got a lot riding on it.
I agree, if we don’t believe things can get better why continue living? Why even have a political position at all? What’s it all for if we don’t have faith the world can do better?
Also, in my opinion Anarcho-syndicalism as based as it is, isn’t what we really need right now.
I agree syndicalism is not the answer today.
While I advocate for unionizing with syndicalist unions like the IWW, it’s not going to provide a long term solution on its own. I see it as one piece of a larger puzzle.
It helps gain some people a bit of breathing room with something closer to living wages, helps educate people of the power they can wield collectively, and pushes the needle forward in regards to realizing a general strike.
I think what holds it back from being able to achieve victory on its own is that a lot if collective effort us expended toward simply gaining back what is stolen by corporations, and less on community prefiguration. It’s also hard to keep members in such a politically diverse umbrella focused on revolutionary class warfare, instead of being satisfied at a certain point of reform or concession from the corporations.
It’d still a useful tool, and one method I haven’t really seen tried or described, is the idea of a worker coop actively funding syndicalist unions for their capitalist competitors to make it easier to compete.
What do we need?