Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 03:06:14 -0600 From: Sandi and Scott Spaeth <vespass-AT-toast.net> Subject: Re: So What the Hell is "Left Anarchy"? At 10:00 PM 1/3/00 -0800, Jamal Hannah wrote: > I really see no reason >to reject anarcho-syndicalism out of hand. It simply means anarchists who >recognize themselves as workers, and the need to organize among the >working class against capitalism.. is that so bad? I think the problem's right there in your definition. Syndicalism defines itself in terms of constant opposition to capitalism with the long term goal of superceding capitalism with workers' self management in democratic and non-hierarchial fashion, which sounds all good and peachy but ignores some serious questions; like can once-capitalist organizations and industries be managed significantly differently, and even if so, are there other harmful effects from just the continuing existence of those industries? Is even defining oneself as a "worker" emotionally or psychologically healthy? I don't know those answers, but I think syndicalism has a role to play (particularly in regards to short-term goals), it's just a much smaller role than the syndicalists would prefer - it's hardly the be-all, end-all of human relations. That said, nothing I've read from the post-leftists (and the more I read, the more I realize that I'm not in their movement either) comes as close to being true as Carp's criticism that far too many syndicalists are would-be totalitarians trying to sacrifice us on the cross of "organization". cheers, Scott
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