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7) Proletarian Sabotage and Capitalistic Sabotage

PROLETARIAN SABOTAGE AND CAPITALISTIC SABOTAGE. THE SABOTERS OF THE MILE. SABOTERS OF THE MILLS. SABOTERS OF IRON AND STEEL. THE GREAT CONTRACTORS OF THE FATHERLAND. FROM THE WORKERS SABOTAGE DROPS THE GOLD OF THE BOURGEOISIE. FROM THE CAPITALIST SABOTAGE OOZES OUT HUMAN BLOOD.

6) The Various Methods of Sabotage

THE VARIOUS METHODS OF SABOTAGE. CARNEGIE AND SABOTAGE. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF THE STRIKE. INTELLIGENT PARALYSATION VERSUS STUPID DESTRUCTION. THE END OF SCABBERY. A QUESTION OF LIFE AND DEATH. THE CARMEN'S SABOTAGE. TAILORS AND FURRIERS. RAILROAD MEN AND TELEGRAPHERS. INFINITE VARIETIES OF SABOTAGE.

5) To Pierce the Golden Cuirass

TO PIERCE THE GOLDEN CUIRASS. THE CRITICISM OF ROCKEFELLER. WHOM SABOTAGE MUST BE WIELDED AGAINST. TO STRIKE AT THE BOSS, NEVER AT THE CONSUMER. THE SABOTAGE OF THE PARISIAN BARBERS. THE SABOTAGE OF THE FOOD WORKERS. THE CRIMINAL PRETENCES OF SOME HOTEL OWNERS. THE OPEN MOUTHED SABOTAGE. WHO SHALL BE BLAMED: CRIMINAL EMPLOYERS OR HONEST WORKERS?

4) The Rich Man's Morals and the Poor Man's Vices

THE RICH MAN'S MORALS AND THE POOR MAN'S VICES. THE DICTUMS OF JAURES. THE WORKERS LOGIC. SENTIMENTAL DECLARATIONS. THE BOURGEOIS HEART IS HIS STRONG BOX. THE MORE WE PROGRESS THE MORE WE SABOT. THE LAST TOPPLING DOWN.

From the radical difference, the persistence of which we have noted, between the working class and the capitalist class, there is naturally derived a different morality.

3) The Labour Market

THE LABOUR MARKET. CAPITALISTIC TRICKS AND PRETENSIONS. THE DEMAND FOR LABOUR POWER. BELLIGERENTS IN PERMANENT CONFLICT. THE CLASH OF TWO WORLDS. EFFECTS OF SOCIAL "CAPILLARITY."

2) Origin of Sabotage

ORIGIN OF SABOTAGE. ITS EARLY APPEARANCE. BALZAC ON SABOTAGE. THE ENGLISH "GO CANNY". BAD WAGES, BAD WORK. NEW HORIZONS. PANIC AMONGST THE BOSSES. AN IMPRESSING DECLARATION. AN EPOCH-MAKING DISCUSSION AT THE CONGRESS OF THE C.G.T. TRIUMPHANT ENTRANCE OF SABOTAGE IN FRANCE.

1) Introduction to Pouget's Sabotage - Arturo Giovannitti

[i]"Now that the bosses have succeeded in dealing an almost mortal blow to the boycott, now that picket duty is practically outlawed, free speech throttled, free assemblage prohibited and injunctions against labor are becoming epidemic; Sabotage, this dark, invincible, terrible Damocles' Sword that hangs over the head of the master class, will replace all the confiscated weapons and ammunition of

Sabotage - Emile Pouget

Emile Pouget's seminal text on militant working class direct action.

"Since the day a man had the criminal ability to profit by another man's labour, since that very same day the exploited toiler has instinctively tried to give to his master less than was demanded from him. In this wise the worker was unconsciously doing SABOTAGE, demonstrating in an indirect way the irrepressible antagonism that arrays Capital and Labor one against the other."

What is the union? - Emile Pouget

Emile Pouget essay outlining the aims, priniciples and functions of unions.

Property and authority are merely differing manifestations and expressions of one and the same "principle" which boils down to the enforcement and enshrinement of the servitude of woman. Consequently, the only difference between them is one of vantage point: viewed from one angle, slavery appears as a property crime, whereas, viewed from a different angle, it constitutes an authority crime.

The basis of trade unionism - Emile Pouget

Almanach du Pere Peinard; journal Emile Pouget worked on.

Emile Pouget's pamphlet outlining capitalism and revolutionary syndicalism's response to it.

"Voice of Labour" Pamphlet
Published 1908 by T.H. Keell,
127 Ossulston St., London, N.W.

DEFINITION OF TRADE UNIONISM1

  1. 1. The French word "Syndicat" has been rendered into English as its nearest equivalent. The French organisations, however, differ from the English in inculcating a revolutionary spirit and ignoring political action.
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