Is there a planned economy in anarcho-syndicalism?

[Lolshevik]

Fairly straightforward question. This is something I've wondered for a while. Did CNT-FAI controlled Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War have a planned economy? And if it did not, is a planned economy something syndicalists desire? If it isn't, how would the economy be managed in a union-run society?

[Tablo]

They, as far as I understand, had a locally planed economy. What I mean is that the collectivized village would make its own decisions. In an Anarcho-Communist economy all decisions would be made locally and then maybe on another level amongst a loose confederation in the region.

Please correct me if I am mistaken.

[Lolshevik]

But how would that work on a national, or international scale, with a complex system of consumer purchasing habits and product assembly?

[leninwasarightwingnutcase]

"Planned Economy" Is a vague term with little meaning.

This was written to answer the questions you are asking:
http://www.infoshop.org/faq/secIcon.html

[Black Sheep]

Is there a planned economy in anarcho-syndicalism?

Yes,of course there is.How are you going to meet the demands of the people,if you don't know what the demands are? production is set according to the need of each product.


is a planned economy something syndicalists desire? If it isn't, how would the economy be managed in a union-run society?
I do think that a planned economy is something that every person in here (should) desires.
The key difference between leninist style planning would be that the decision themselves would be taken by the federated workers' councils, per production branch and/or geographical area, with a bottom - up structure and solidarity between each area's needs.

[Agnapostate]

Anarchist syndicalism in and of itself is an organizational strategy involving trade unions as the mechanism of social revolution. Since most syndicalists are either collectivists or communists, with both entailing forms of decentralized economic planning as opposed to central planning or market exchange, and both characterizing the economic structure of anarchist Spain, I'd say that the majority of syndicalists support economic planning.