syndicalism, rough start

We can describe a movement and an ideology in several ways. For my purposes, it is most useful to describe syndicalism in terms of the concepts or even aesthetics in brings into play.
To introduce, syndicalism is a radial labor-oriented ideology, often tied to anarchism. Its most famous trait is a belief in economic action through labor unions and total abstention from government oriented politics. However, I think this is a weak way to approach the topic.
One of the key problems of syndicalism and anarchism over the years has been an over-arching focus on the negative definitions of the movements, what they refuse. We must develop an understanding based on the real positive concepts deployed by syndicalism, as it was practiced historically.
1) the importance of self-managed teams of labor. This cannot be underestimated. The key feature of importance in syndicalism is precisely this feature ...