Ideas & Action Archive

Old WSA statement of principles prior to April 2008

This was published in issue #12 of ideas & action and in a couple of other issues.

Archive of ideas & action Articles

ideas & action was created in July, 1981 as an independent anarcho-syndicalist magazine. After Workers Solidarity Alliance was founded in November, 1984, ideas & action became the magazine of WSA (with issue #5), and continuing through the publication of issue #17 in 1997. The magazine is currently suspended.

#1 — Winter, 1982

  • Trotskyism and the Myth of the “Workers State” by Bruce Allen
  • More theses on Marxism by Steve Rabinowitz
  • The ACF Experience:
    • Hey, General Custer, why were we there? by Ed Clark
    • The Decline and Fall of the ACF by Steve Rabinowitz
#2 — Summer, 1982

  • Poland: Revolution Self-limited by Bruce Allen
  • Preoccupying Concessions (and Shutdowns) by Dennis Hayes
#3 — Spring 1983

  • Altered States?by R. Dennis Hayes
  • Depression in the ‘80: What’s the Cause?by Tom Wetzel
#4 — Spring 1984

  • Leave the Slave-Driving to Us: A Look at the Greyhound Strikeby Chris Fillmer
  • Spanish Libertarian Unionism Todayby Tom Wetzel
  • Yugoslavia: Model of Workers’ Self-management?by Elias Wolf
  • WAR: Why there are wars and what we can do to stop themby Libertarian WorkersGroup
  • We want freedom for all: A Jewish Anarchist statementby the Jewish Anarchist Committee
  • Economic Realities in the ’80s: Part IIby Tom Wetzel
  • Solidarnosc and Revolutionary Unionismby Adam Borsuk
#5 — Winter 1985
#6 — Fall, 1985

  • Not Free and Equal: A Review of Women and Revolutionby Tom Wetzel
  • Spain’s Port Workers Practice Direct Democracyby Tom Wetzel
  • Watsonville Cannery Strikeby Tom Wetzel
  • Free Time: The Case for a Shorter Workweekby Tom Wetzel
#7 — Fall 1986

  • What Will the Working Class Do without Bosses?by Don Fitz
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    Spring 1988
    #10 — Fall 1988

    • Repetitive Strain Injury: What It Is, Why It Happensby Tom Wetzel
    • Primitive Thoughtby Chaz Bufe
    • Why does the Union Bureaucracy exist? Part II: The Rise of the CIOby Tom Wetzel
    • From Stalin to Solidarity: Three Novels of “Socialist” Polandby Martin Comack
    • 1988 Anarchist Gathering: Talk, Networks and Funby Jack Straw
    • Labor Painsby Mike Harris
    #11 — Summer 1989
    #12 — Fall, 1989

    • Technology, the Environment & Workers’ Controlby Tom Wetzel
    #13 — Spring 1990

    • Los Angeles Derailed: Why the System Degrades Public Transitby Tom Wetzel
    #14 — Fall 1990

    • The Case Against the Autoby Tom Wetzel
    #15 — Spring 1991

    • The Health Care Nightmareby Mike Kolhoff
    • The dogs of ware are loose and hungryby Ivan Kalita
    • The Reorganization of Workby Mike Kolhoff
    • Noam Chomsky on the WarInterview by Nick Keirn
    • Child Care: Interview with Anna Marie Stenbergby Bill Meyers
    • Blues at tne News: (Craft) Unionism at the Crossroadsby Neal Farber
    • Labor Painsby Mike Harris
    #16 — Fall 1991
    #17 — Winter 1997

    • Living in the USA — Some Thoughtsby Mike Harris