ABSTRACT
Everywhere syndicalism was heralded as an entirely new philosophy. The aim of syndicalism is the control by autonomous trade unions of that production carried on by those trades. Plans were also laid for the building up of a trade-union International based largely on the principles and tactics of what they now called "revolutionary syndicalism". In reading the now extensive literature on syndicalism, one finds endless chapters devoted to pointing out the weaknesses and faults of political socialism. Like anarchism, syndicalism is a natural product of certain French and Italian conditions. Anarchism is a doctrine of individualism; syndicalism is a doctrine of working-class action. Anarchism appeals only to the individual; syndicalism appeals also to a class. Syndicalism is an anti-democratic movement. When the syndicalists throw over democracy and foreswear political action, they are fatally driven to the point where they must abandon the working class.
