r/Syndicalism

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Hi! Sorry if this post is a bit simplistic but I'm currently reading Reflections on Violence by Georges Sorel and I'm honestly really enjoying it! You can really tell he's trying to grapple with objective morality from reading the first 14 pages and how he laments about describing "pessimism" as some grand philosophy as a sort-of sobering force against optimism, this fits in well with the disillusionment of the era Sorel was in that I've heard about.

But I was wondering if there were any historical resources on the context of his time more in-depth so I could possibly analyze how this disillusionment was brought about in the first place?

I'd also like to supplement this with explicitly syndicalist texts rather than anarchist variations as I'd like to see a closest approximation to Sorel's conception of Syndicalism as he saw it. And also because of my own personal preference preferring more hierarchy-based societies unlike anarchists who have a tendency to see all hierarchies as inherently unjust.

EDIT:

Okay I found this video on Youtube with full sources that outlays the history which had a source on the French establishment of Syndicalism but nothing on the history before their establishment, maybe I will find references to it though.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj0Ikd0X9mI&t=173s

French syndicalism: https://libcom.org/article/history-bourses-du-travail-fernand-pelloutier

On the morning of 13 April, workers across sectors launched a protest demanding better working conditions and a hike in wages in Noida, in Uttar Pradesh. The protest followed recent workers' strikes in Haryana, which compelled the state government to announce a 21% increase in the minimum wage. The Uttar Pradesh Police lathicharged workers, harassed women and verbally abused people at the Noida protests.

The police also detained several hundred workers and children. Activists have alleged that more than one thousand workers and other people have gone missing in Noida since the protests. The whereabouts of some were traced to the district jail, while those of several others remain unknown. The Caravan spoke to some of the families of those who went missing during the police action.

The police has confirmed the arrests of 396 persons, including four women. They have also filed seven First Information Reports on the protests, charging individual workers and over four thousand unidentified persons of attempt to murder, attacking public officials, rioting, destruction of public and private property, criminal intimidation, provoking breach of peace and other serious acts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLMwmYRUFZ4

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