The First International Syndicalist Congress was a meeting of European and Latin American syndicalist organizations at Holborn Town Hall in London that began on this day in 1913. The congress was attended by 38 delegates representing 65 organizations from Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, with a total membership between 220,000 and 250,000.
Despite being marked by heated disagreements over both tactics and principles, the Congress succeeded in creating the International Syndicalist Information Bureau as a vehicle of exchange and solidarity between the various organizations, and the “Bulletin international du mouvement syndicaliste” as a means of communication. It would be viewed as a success by almost all who participated.
The First International Congress of Revolutionary Trade Unions (July 3rd to 19th 1921)
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I don’t mind it when China or Russia comes up implicitly. I’m just exhausted of the empty argument that is “China/Russia/Venezuela/Cuba/Boogeyman tho. We have to do this horrific thing even if none of those geopolitical actors are meaningfully involved”. I’ll be doing distinctly local shit and this nonsense comes up. I’m sick of it.
Edit: but yes, definitely tiring to have to walk the line of ‘no the rf is not evil incarnate and it has legitimate concerns but also it’s not communist and deserves critique… it’s complicated’ especially when talking to people who barely understand what communism and capitalism actually are.