Question

What are the most common myths about anarcho-syndicalism?

Answer 1

Dare I say...that it could exist without colonialism and pollution and alienation, in a purely voluntary and sustainable fashion, and that any significant number of capitalist enterprises are worth salvaging by converting them to self-management.

Comments

as far as people in trade unions like spanish CNT and CGT and IWW i actually support them a lot especially since not everyone has the luck to be in a position to afford not having a trade union to negotiate with their bosses.

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negotiating with bosses has nothing to do with anarchy. NOTHING.

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I'm not saying anti-authoritarian unions, or workers' struggles, or self-management even, have no value. I just don't intend to keep all the machinery of industrial capitalism running. I'm attacking industry and colonialism, not workers and autonomy.

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unfortunately the comment thread started on an irrelevant note, since this question is what are common myths of @-synd., not "who do you 'support'" - whatever that means. i dont mean to troll, but....

Answer 2

I guess im answering the question "what are common myths that are produced by syndicalists/part of the mythology of syndicalism" rather than "about" but i think one of the most fundamental mythologies coming form syndicalism revolves around the fact that self-managed work is meaningfully liberatory, that it constitutes a fundamental shift of relations, when in my opinion, is actually just a change in form, rather than the content that makes up life.  Im going to limit my response to this for now in fear that i may be selectively interpreting your question.