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CELMX
16th December 2009, 05:03
For those of you who don't know what an expository speech is, it's basically an informative (no opinion!) speech that has interesting facts for topics that most people don't know about...in this case, anarcho-syndicalism (i don't think the general public even knows what the hell anarchism is) This speech is 8 minutes long, memorized, but has visual aids (for example, numerous posters) to illustrate the concept. The audience is, obviously, general public.

(oh, and also, there's judges, and this is part of a debate tournament thingy)

anyhoo...any suggestions for resources that I could get good, solid, but very interesting facts on anarcho-syndicalism? Or just resources about what the hell it is? (can be website, book, video, etc.) thank you!!:D

and, I'm open to suggestions for this presentation!! =D
thanks yall!

(haha, noticed that you can't put opinions in, but you still can put biased information...and propaganda! MUAHAHAHAHA!!! jk, i'm not that bad to put in propaganda...but biased info...hmmm:))

syndicat
16th December 2009, 05:11
You might take a look at this:

http://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/syndicalism.htm

For something longer, there is the recent book "Black Flame" which is a history of social anarchism and syndicalism up to the immediate post-World War 2 years.

No discussion of anarcho-syndicalism should fail to talk about the role of the anarcho-syndicalist union movement in the Spanish revolution of 1936-37. Here is a 42 page essay that covers that movement:

http://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/spain.html

The Ungovernable Farce
17th December 2009, 17:44
At the risk of being a bit too predictable, Anarcho-Syndicalism 101 (http://www.anarchosyndicalism.net/index.php) sounds like exactly what you're looking for. Also this (http://libcom.org/tags/anarchosyndicalism).

EDIT: Oh, and this thread (http://www.revleft.com/vb/anarcho-syndicalism-dummies-t121236/index.html).