Revolutionary role of unions

Brian O. Sheppard x349393 bsheppard at bari.iww.org
Wed Aug 7 18:30:01 PDT 2002


On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Carrol Cox wrote:


> not support anarchist repudiation of unions as such, or even repudiation
> of existing unions.

Let's not confuse the "anarchist repudiation of unions" (traditionally there was no such thing), with the "Chuck Munson repudiation of unions." The major figures of anarchist thought and action - Bakunin, Kropotkin, Rocker, Dolgoff, Bookchin, Berkman, Chomsky, Albert and Lucy Parsons, etc. - have supported unions.

What Chuck Munson supports is his own deal, and for his own reasons. He can only ascribe it to an anarchist tradition if he ... forgets the tradition and its analysis.

Brian Oliver Sheppard



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