Category: Direct Action

Direct action is any form of activity that cripples the boss’ ability to make a profit and makes him/her cave in to the workers’ demands. The best known form of direct action is the strike, in which workers simply walk off their jobs and refuse to produce profits for the…

Emile Pouget was one of the most outstanding militants of the early French labour movement. Together with that of Fernand Pelloutier, his was a crucial influence at the end of the 19th and start of the 20th centuries. “Direct Action … implies that the working class subscribes to notions of…