Anarcho-Syndicalism vs Anarcho-Communism

[Nox]

What's the difference?

[Искра]

I wrote you something here: http://www.revleft.com/vb/anarchism-world-revolution-t162546/index.html?p=2259713#post2259713


Anarchists do not have “blue print”, like comrades mentioned, to achieve revolution. There are certain “strategies” or “beliefs” to achieve that and actually that is a basis on which anarchists (again only class struggle ones) divide themselves. So you have, for instance, insurrectionists (Originally insurrectionists were class anarchists! Today most of them tend to be individualist or “post-anarchists”.) believe that they’ll spark a fire of revolution by well planned terrorist actions of a small revolutionary vanguard. Anarcho-syndicalists believe that they should work with masses, turn them to anarchism and then start a great general strike which will lead them to a revolution. Various anarcho-communists, like “platformists” or “synthesists”, believe that they should educate masses and win them to anarchism but they are not so keen on a syndicate thing, because they consider it necessary reformist. They differ on a way they organise.


All anarcho-syndicalists are anarcho-communists.

There are just some anarcho-communists that do not like anarcho-syndicalist practice so they form platformist, synthesist or some other federations/collectives.

Read this article for more information: http://infoshop.org/page/AnarchistFAQSectionJ3

[Nox]

So I assume Anarcho-Communists plan to reach Communism by revolution?

[Nox]

Anarcho-syndicalists believe that they should work with masses, turn them to anarchism and then start a great general strike which will lead them to a revolution.

So what about Anarcho-Communism?

[EvilRedGuy]

So I assume Anarcho-Communists plan to reach Communism by revolution?

Of course.


Basically Anarcho-Syndicalism is just a tactic which you do not necessarily need to believe in to be a Anarchist.