From: m.lepore%genie.geis.com@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu
Subject: ORGANIZED THOUGHTS
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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 20:06:23 GMT



Name of Publication:   ORGANIZED THOUGHTS
Frequency:             variable (approx. monthly or bimonthly)

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ORGANIZED THOUGHTS is a new forum for discussing Industrial Democracy,
a proposed socioeconomic system based on collective ownership and
democratic control of the industries and services.

The goal is direct majority-vote control of the workplace by the
workers, as opposed to political solutions which call for
administration through a "vanguard party" or a "workers' state".  The
focus is on abolition of the wage system, NOT on getting rid of the
capitalist only to be exploited instead by government bureaucrats.

We need to transcend the limitations of today's craft unionism, which
divides workers according to trade and jurisdiction, instead of
uniting us.  Our focus is on the Industrial Union program, which calls
for a workplace-based association of the entire working class.

The goal is much more than "a living wage".  The goal is to create
workers' self-management in a classless society.

Most of the arguments in this journal come from either a Wobbly
(syndicalist) or a Marxist-DeLeonist perspective.

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             Issue     Date of          Line    Byte
             Number    Publication      Count   Count

               1       Jun 05, 1992     551     27609
               2       Aug 07, 1992     793     41798
               3       Sep 07, 1992     521     28727
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 Issue
 Number         Description

   1            An introductory essay by Yours Truly, plus position
                statements by four unaffiliated organizations which
                advocate the Industrial Union program:  The
                Industrial Union Party, the New Union Party, the
                De Leonist Society, and the Industrial Workers of
                the World.

   2            The Worker-Owned Corporation  --  a debate.  John M.
                Bailey explains his WOC proposal, and debates its
                merits with two advocates of the traditional
                Industrial Union program.

   3            "As We See It", a statement issued by Philadelphia
                Solidarity.  A commentary on economic measurements
                in constant-dollars.  Book Review:  _The Scapegoat_
                by Mary Lee Settle.  "Materialist Conception of
                History" -- a 1911 essay by Daniel De Leon.


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                            Mike Lepore
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