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Geoffrey Ostergaard: The Relevance of Syndicalism
Geoffrey Ostergaard (1926-1990) was an English anarcho-syndicalist who also wrote about non-violence and direct action.
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The task of the unions was to struggle here and now to divest the existing organizations of capitalist society of all life and to transfer whatever value they might have to the proletarian organizations.
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Ah, that would be a big help!
Sounds like syndicalists were just as naive about human nature as others were. Looking to unions for salvation, sheesh!