Welp, he left.

@National Trotskyist Didn't lenin say at one point that all socialists were inheriently communists?

Didn't ur mom say that my dick was better than ur dad's?

So I've been reading Theory and Practice of Anarcho-Syndicalism by Rudolf Rocker, and I came across a concept of his that I haven't seen before in anarcho syndicalism. That being Labor Cartels. I haven't seen it much before when I hear others talk about Anarcho Syndicalism, and I'd like to hear another source on it, and maybe more details on it-- because Rocker only goes into a page or two into detail about it.

also, big oof @Killamune

I'm sorry thatwas rude

all is forgiven comrade

@Builderelf Labor cartels?

That's a new one.

yeah, i havent seen it before myself

Why not call them "Socialist Mafia's"?

lel

i think the name is terrible too

You make anything sound prettier to your cause that way.

people would just associate them with drug cartels

true tho

Also are you an ansyn because you saw it in a mod?

lol no im not a kaiserriech normie

I came across it before, i just saw kaiserriech after

but from what I understand, it sounds like labor cartels are a way to regionally group trade unions, and said labor cartels would organize things like:
1. How much of x resource we need to produce

2. education/propaganda

3. Class unity

which is pretty broad, and a little weird to me

Sounds like something that would fall apart within less than a week.

yeah, i could see that

the trade unions just provide more stability than the cartles

in my opinion at least

like I agree that said unions need to federate, but these cartels are too general and too hard to organize I think

Would a trade union provide more stability than a drug cartel? That remains to be seen.

I guess thats debatable

And, good luck getting anarchists to centralize with no incentive.

but im in favor of the trade unions

i mean, anarchists love some direct democracy, i think thats incentive enough

and by making a directly democratic federation, itll provide more stability to the anarchist society while keeping the freedom

The fact that a warlord who only operates off of drugs and oppression, can provide more stability than a trade union is a god damn shame.

plus, its a justified heirarchy, because it's, well, directly democratic

id say so

Heirarchy is non existant in the eyes of anarchists, because they see it as oppression.

but nowadays trade unions kinda plummited in quality and popularity after the dang old 1930s or so

Well I wonder why that might be.

no, heirarchy is real, and its everywhere, anarchists just wanna get rid of unjustified heirarchy