Anarko-sendikalizm 19.yy'ın sonlarında ortaya çıkmış bir düşünce ve ilkeler akımıdır. Bazı Latin Avrupa ülkeleriyle birlikte Amerika'daki 'Dünya sanayi İşçileri' (ındustrial workers of the world) örgütüne bağlı işçilere özgü bir akım olan anarko-sendikalizm, Anglosakson trade-union hareketine karşıydı. Anarko sendikalistler için grevler, bir halk arayışı olmaktan çok işçi sınıfını mücadeleye yönelten hareketlerdi. Amaç genel greve giderek eski düzeni yıkmak ve sendikları toplumun temel taşı haline getirmekti. Bu yaklaşım şiddete başvurmayı meşru sayıyor ve işleri idare etmek için ihtiyaç duyulan sendikaların eğitimine özel bir önem verilmesini istiyordu. Devleti yıkmak kararı, siyasi partilerle her türlü ilişkinin yasaklanması ve merkezileşmeye kuşkuyla bakılması sonucunu doğuruyor, militanların sayısından çok değerini önemseyen seyrek bir örgüt yapısı benimseniyordu
Definition of syndicalism in English English dictionary
Control of government and industry by labor unions, usually achieved through revolutionary direct action
The belief that capitalism is undesirable and should be replaced with labor unions
The theory, plan, or practice of trade- union action (originally as advocated and practiced by the French Confédération Générale du Travail) which aims to abolish the present political and social system by means of the general strike (as distinguished from the local or sectional strike) and direct action of whatever kind (as distinguished from action which takes effect only through the medium of political action) direct action including any kind of action that is directly effective, whether it be a simple strike, a peaceful public demonstration, sabotage, or revolutionary violence
a radical political movement that advocates bringing industry and government under the control of labor unions
{i} political movement supporting the transfer of industrial and government control to labor unions
a political system in which workers control industry, or a belief in this type of system. Movement advocating direct action by the working class to abolish the capitalist order, including the state, and to replace it with a social order based on the syndicat, a free association of self-governing producers. Developed as a doctrine by leaders of the French trade union movement at the end of the 19th century, syndicalism was strongly influenced by the traditional anarchism and antiparliamentarianism of the French working class. Syndicalists looked forward to victory in a class war, after which society would be organized around the syndicats. These bodies would coordinate their activities through a labour exchange, which would function as an employment and economic planning agency. At the peak of its influence, before World War I, the movement had in excess of one million members in Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. After the war, syndicalists tended to drift toward the Soviet model of communism or to be lured by the ostensible benefits offered by labour unions and democratic reforms. See also corporatism
By the general strike and direct action syndicalism aims to establish a social system in which the means and processes of production are in the control of local organizations of workers, who are manage them for the common good