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Making Anarchist Revolution Possible
by Arthur J. Miller
http://texts.anarchosyndicalism.org/possible.htm
"When the organized power of the people is greater than the organized
power of the ruling class then our revolution would take place through
a social general strike. That social general strike would be the
complete refusal, in industries, communities and in all means, of
cooperation with capitalism and the State, and of providing goods and
services to capitalism and the State, along with the organized
protection of our revolution. Capitalism and the State cannot exist
without our cooperation with the ruling class. We feed them, we provide
the services they need, our communities are controlled by our
cooperation with them, we are everywhere, even in the homes of the
ruling class. There is nowhere for them to run, we are everywhere,
there is nowhere to hide, we are everywhere. We will starve the ruling
class out of existence; let them eat their money and deeds of property."
The Origin and Ideals of the Modern School
by Francisco Ferrer Y Guardia
http://culture.anarchosyndicalism.org/modernschool.htm
"We can destroy whatever there is in the actual school that savours of
violence, all the artificial devices by which the children are
estranged from nature and life, the intellectual and moral discipline
which has been used to impose ready - made thoughts, all beliefs which
deprave and enervate the will. Without fear of injury we may place the
child in a proper and natural environment, in which it will find itself
in contact with all that it loves, and where vital impressions will be
substituted for the wearisome reading of books. If we do no more than
this, we shall have done much towards the emancipation of the child. "
The Barcelona Mass Rent Strike of 1931
by Tom Wetzel
http://texts.anarchosyndicalism.org/rent.htm
"By the early 1930s unemployment was increasing but rents were still
high, compounding the [housing] crisis. Activists in the CNT had been
debating since the late '20s how to break out of limited struggles with
individual employers and make the unions relevant to all social
problems affecting the working class. In January of 1931 Solidaridad
Obrera (Workers Solidarity -- a daily newspaper owned by the CNT of
Catalonia) published a series of articles calling for action around the
housing crisis."
Anarchy Against Capitalism and Socialism
by Chris Wilson
http://critics.anarchosyndicalism.org/against.htm
"Even socialist anarchists admit that the actions of the CNT were often
abusive and authoritarian, not the least of which was its leaders'
decision to submit to the direction of the state and Leninist forces to
"fight fascism". In various locations throughout the world, nations no
less free (and in certain respects, freer) than the U.S. have
successfully implemented mixed economies containing elements of both
market-based exchange and socialism without the use of death squads or
gulags. Needless to say, none of them abolished the role of capital or
the state. These failed attempts at stateless socialism are a direct
consequence of the innate hierarchy of large-scale organization
combined with a refusal to realize that power always corrupts, even
when delegated democratically. "
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Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number -
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you -
Ye are many - they are few.
- Percy Shelley
http://www.anarchosyndicalism.org
texts.anarchosyndicalism.org/possible.htm
Original: Class Struggle Online