Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 08:58:04 -0600
Subject: Re: [anarchism] Tree Spiking
From: "Michael A. Lewis" <mlewis-AT-unm.edu>


on 6/11/2001 8:53 AM, Chuck0 at chuck-AT-tao.ca wrote:

> BTW, I wholeheartedly recommend sabotage as a tactic in the workplace. I feel
> it
> is far more effective that organizing unions, since unionization doesn't
> seriously challenge the capitalist bosses. Unionization only serves to channel
> worker anger into organization building and the creation of labor bosses who
> colloborate with the bosses against the workers.

    Exactly! Unions are, or have become, centralized authoritarian
structures not in keeping with anarchist principles. We can organize in the
workplace, but only from worker initiative.

    Michael