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Revolutionary Trade Unionism

Who we are, what we fight for and why you should join us

“In the epoch of imperialist decay the trade unions can be really independent only to the extent that they are conscious of being, in action, the organs of proletarian revolution.”

Leon Trotsky, 1940

by Shaun Arendse (2018)

Contents

Introduction

1. Capitalism and the Trade Unions

2. How the Bosses Control and Co-opt the Workers Movement

3. Socialism and Revolutionary Trade Unionism

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