According to Anarcho-Syndicalist thought, this is the only thing that the State CAN do revolutions will only change the faces of the elites. One of the foundational supports of that structure is the belief that 'The State', in whatever form it takes, whether democratic or proletarian dictatorship, is simply an organism designed to support and further entrench the current ruling class. There is, however, a structure behind Anarcho-Syndicalism-this was surprising to me I had long believed that Anarchy implied no structure at all. I saw 'Anarcho-Syndicalism' and thought it synonymous with 'Crack-pot'. (a la The Sex Pistols or The Ayatollah of Rock-n-rolla). My own impression of anything associated with anarchy has, up to this point, been completely negative and that it is confined to radical fringe groups bent on destruction or hedonistic chaos. There are several elements to Rudolph Rocker's energetic and highly readable biography of the Anarcho-Syndicalist movement that bear consideration by those who would might initially think the subject had no relevence for them. This review was originally published in 2012.
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