Green syndicalism or eco-syndicalism is a form
of anarcho-syndicalism that focuses on the abolition
of capitalism and the establishment of a democratic regime of workers'
control as a means of effectively resolving issues surrounding climate
change and the destruction of the natural environment, which advocates
understand to be the logical consequences of free market capitalism
and the regime of production for private profit rather than for the
satisfaction of human needs.
Background
It is related to anarcho-syndicalism and eco-anarchism
methodologically, but lacks specifically anarchism and
Marxism as ideologies.
(However, the term has also been used by those embracing both anarchism and
syndicalism, such as authors Graham Purchase and Jeff Shantz).
Its methods are a fusion of the trade union,
more robust methods from formal syndicalism,
and the direct action and workplace democracy movements (some members of
the Environmental Unionist Caucus of the IWW identify as green
syndicalists). It may work closely with green
movement and fair trade groups. However, it does not usually adopt
the larger political goals of these movements. It is more likely to be an
outgrowth of craft
and heritage worker movements, e.g. to preserve wooden ship
building, or traditional organic ranching methods.
The links to eco-anarchism
and that movement's Walden-esque
philosophy has led to a belief that green syndicalists are closely related to
the back-to-the-land, survivalist,
or hippie
movements, or to ethical traditions that resemble those movements
such as Mennonites
and the Amish,
especially for their focus on appropriate technology. Green syndicalists
are, however, often willing to adopt new technologies, and to work with other,
similar groups worldwide.
Although Judi Bari, Darryl
Cherney, and the other participants in Redwood
Summer never actually used the term, the work they did of forging alliances
between radical environmentalists
and timber workers to oppose corporate clearcut logging of northwestern
California's old growth redwood forests has since been described (by Shantz, et al.)
as one of the most developed examples of "green syndicalism" in
practice.
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