The French Anarchist Labor Movement and “La Vie Ouvriere”, 1909–1914
By: Francis Feeley.
Series: American university studies, 112
Publisher: Peter Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York, USA; San Francisco, USA; Bern, Switzerland; Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Paris, France; London, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9780820415925
Copyright date: 1991
Subjects: Vie ouvrière.; Anarchism -- France -- History -- 20th century.; Labor movement -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Description: Pierre Monatte (1881–1960) was 29 years old when he met with a small group of French anarchists in a Paris apartment and decided to publish a bi-weekly magazine which he named «La Vie Ouvrière». The year was 1909, and the anarcho-syndicalist labor movement was perceived as floundering in a quagmire of economic reformism and political opportunism. The revolutionary syndicalists who came thogether at the office of «la Vie Ouvrière» sought (1) to promote the anarchist doctrine of «direct action;» (2) to combat the effects of militarism, nationalism, and authoritarianism; and, (3) to ultimately replace the political economy of capitalism with a socialist economy governed by the producers themselves. The core members of «La Vie Ouvrière» found direction in the slogan of the First International Workingmen's Association, which was founded in London in 1864: «The emancipation of the working class must be the work of the workers themselves». Until the outbreak of the First World War, this was the project of the French Anarchist Labor Movement and its organ, «La Vie Ouvrière».

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Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-135) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: xi; title: Introduction
pagenum: xvii; label: I.
title: Forces Against Anarcho-Syndicalism: The Inspiration of La Vie Ouvtière
pagenum: 1; label: 1.
title: Economic Forces
pagenum: 1; label: 2.
title: Political Forces
pagenum: 2; label: 3.
title: Internal Forces
pagenum: 13; label: 4.
title: Journalistic Forces
pagenum: 25; label: II.
title: The Staff of La Vie Ouvrière
pagenum: 31; label: 1.
title: Pierre Monatte
pagenum: 33; label: 2.
title: Alphonse Merrheim
pagenum: 37; label: 3.
title: Alfred Rosmer
pagenum: 40; label: 4.
title: Albert Thierry
pagenum: 42; label: III.
title: Transformations in La Vie Quvrière
pagenum: 45; label: 1.
title: Toward Radical Analysis
pagenum: 48; label: 2.
title: “La Quinzaine Sociale”: Toward Militant Agitation
pagenum: 51; label: 3.
title: “Entre Nous”: Toward Political Organization
pagenum: 51; label: 4.
title: “Parmi Nos Lettres”: Toward Open Dialogue
pagenum: 58; label: IV.
title: Critique of Capitalism in La Vie Quvrière
pagenum: 61; label: 1.
title: The Centralization of the Means of Production
pagenum: 62; label: 2.
title: The Accumnulation of Capital
pagenum: 67; label: 3.
title: The Iron Law of Wages
pagenum: 72; label: 4.
title: The Rise of Imperialism and Proletariat Consciousness
pagenum: 75; label: V.
title: The Syndicalist Heritage Expressed in La Vie Quvrière
pagenum: 81; label: 1.
title: Eugene Varlin: The First Anarcho-Syndicalist
pagenum: 82; label: 2.
title: Pierre Joseph Proudhon
pagenum: 82; label: 3.
title: James Guillaunme
pagenum: 86; label: 4.
title: Le premier mai
pagenum: 88; label: 5.
title: Fernand Pelloutier
pagenum: 92; label: VI.
title: The Theory of Worker Education in La Vie Quvrière
pagenum: 99; label: 1.
title: The Jeunesses Syndicalistes
pagenum: 100; label: 2.
title: School and the Revolution
pagenum: 104; title: Notes
pagenum: 115; title: Preface Notes
pagenum: 115; title: Introdeuction Notes
pagenum: 116; title: Chapter I Notes
pagenum: 116; title: Chapter II Notes
pagenum: 119; title: Chapter III Notes
pagenum: 121; title: Chapter IV Notes
pagenum: 123; title: Chapter V Notes
pagenum: 126; title: Chapter VI Notes
pagenum: 128; title: Conclusion Notes
pagenum: 130; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 131; title: Index
pagenum: 137; title: Photographs
pagenum: 143