The resulting theses were a matter of permanent discussion and cannot be considered as an Echanges platform but rather as something to be improved through an open discussion. No kind of will or desire can overthrow commodi ty production or abolish the wage system. This will only break down as a result of class struggle arising from the very position of the working class in the sytem of capitalist production. This view overlooks or misinterprets how action and consciousness are influencing each another. Such struggles are fought continuosly in the factories and elsewhere, and potentially they are revolutionary.
Trade unions are institutions in capitalist society whose function is to regulate the labour market.
But in modern capitalism the historical trend pushes toward their complete integration. Performing their initial function in these conditions they are more and more transformed into mechanisms of disciplini ng the workers. Calls for rejecting the unions or for their support or for reforms have no meaning at all. It is more important to see what is the specific and concrete role of unions in the developm ent of class struggle. One has to be well aware of the fact that the same rank and file workers who at one time support unions will oppose them in practice when their own interests force them to go a gainst the present social order.