Syndicalism
[sindiklizm]
Definition
(noun.) a radical political movement that advocates bringing industry and government under the control of labor unions.
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Examples
- The deepest revolt implied in the term syndicalism is against the impersonal, driven quality of modern industry--against the destruction of that pride which alone distinguishes work from slavery. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I believe too that the fighting qualities of syndicalism are kept at the boiling point by a greater sense of outraged human dignity than can be found among mere socialists or unionists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Some such impulse as that is what marks off syndicalism from the other revolts of labor. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We shall feel free to choose among alternatives--to take this much of socialism, insert so much syndicalism, leave standing what of capitalism seems worth conserving. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Then, the more violent syndicalism proves itself to be, the more hysterically we bait it in the usual vicious circle of ignorance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The mind which rejects syndicalism entirely because of the by-products of its despair has had pearls cast before it in vain. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Within that party, therefore, a leadership is required which will ride the forces of syndicalism and use them for a constructive purpose. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- What we loosely call syndicalism is a tendency that no statesman can overlook to-day without earning the jeers of his children. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Perhaps it seems preposterous to discuss baseball and syndicalism in the same paragraph. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- That is why imaginative socialists have shown so great an interest in syndicalism. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In another connection I pointed to autonomy as the hope of syndicalism. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I know that syndicalism means a revision of some of our plans--that it is an intrusion upon many a glib prejudice. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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