Basics of Anarcho- Syndicalism

[AmericanAnarchist]

Can some one give me an overview of the beliefs of Anarcho-Syndicalism?

[Noa o `Anakia]

First post!!!

I believe anarcho-syndicalism believes in the use of direct democracy, labor unions, and no wages to bring about an eventual anarcho-communism.

[vaguelyhumanoid]

Overthrowing capitalism and the state through revolutionary union activity is the defining feature.

[AmericanAnarchist]

Hmm alright thats easy to understand

[Noa o `Anakia]

Oh, another important thing to knoow about anarcho-syndicalism? It was famously implemented in Catalonia and other regions of SPain during the Spanish Revolution/Civil war in the early 1900s (1930s?)

[michaeljl]

Anarcho-syndicalism sees the state as anti-labour, and sees wages as slavery.

It also criticizes corporations as being worse than states, as the positions in a company are structured in a totalitarian manner with orders going from the top down.

Instead, priority is given to the smaller institutions, which are organized and run by face-to-face direct democracy. There is no private property--the laborer has direct control over both the means of production and the product. It isn't owned by the "dictatorship of the proletariat" (like in forms of Marxism) but is owned collectively by the individuals laboring with that particular means of production.
The smaller organizations confederate with the other organizations. The hierarchy, however, is build from the ground up, to ensure that democracy remains face-to-face. Basically, small organizations band together by alliances, treaties, and agreements. Conflicts among these confederations are settled among representatives who represent the voice of the grassroots direct democracy.