Syndicalism
Movement that places unions and workers' organization at the center of politics, defending collective bargaining, direct action, and labor control over production as the path to working-class emancipation.
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In one sentence
I want unions and collective bargaining at the center of politics, with worker control over production as the path to the working class's emancipation.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Leaning · Federal
Structure
- Very strong · Democracy
Representation
- Strong · Liberty
Power
- Very strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Very strong · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Very strong · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Very strong · Public
Economy
- Strong · Planning
Control
- Leaning · Protectionism
Trade
- Very strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Strong · Progressive
Morality
- Leaning · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Immigration
Leans further toward multiculturalism than 93% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 50This ideology 11
Of all the axes, Immigration is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Trade
On Trade, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 63This ideology 66
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Georges Sorel
A French theorist, Sorel developed revolutionary syndicalism and the myth of the general strike, exalting direct action and proletarian violence with influence on left and fascist movements.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyNoam ChomskyLinguist and thinker99%
SociallyAndré GorzPhilosopher99%
EconomicallyLuís Carlos PrestesCommunist leader99%
Other compatible profiles
ActivismJeremy CorbynPolitician99%
PhilosophyJean-Paul SartrePhilosopher98%
PhilosophyArne NæssPhilosopher97%
ActivismJosé BovéActivist97%
PhilosophyMichel FoucaultPhilosopher97%
Political theoryDaniel GuérinLibertarian socialist96%
Political theoryMurray BookchinThinker96%
Political theoryPeter KropotkinAnarchist theorist96%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Fascist Italy (Mussolini)
1922–1943The birthplace of fascism, Mussolini's Italy was a totalitarian dictatorship that fused nationalism, a cult of the leader, a corporatist state, and militarism, suppressing opposition and seeking imperial expansion by force.
Other close countries
Rojava (North and East Syria)
Democratic-egalitarian confederalismAn autonomous region in northern Syria, Rojava organizes itself through democratic confederalism, with local self-management, gender equality, ethnic pluralism, and ecology, inspired by the libertarian ideas of Abdullah Öcalan.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyZapatista Chiapas (Mexico)Indigenous-communal autonomy91%
SociallyScotland (United Kingdom)Independentist social-democratic nation86%
EconomicallyVenezuelaStatist-socialist authoritarianism98%
The most distant
Anarchist Aragon and Catalonia
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Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyParis Communemarço–maio de 187195%
SociallyFree Territory (Makhnovshchina)1918–192193%
EconomicallyAllende's Chile1970–197398%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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