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The Libertarian Syndicalist Union, or ESE (in Greek: ΕΣΕ - Ελευθεριακή Συνδικαλιστική Ένωση), is a Greek anarcho-syndicalist trade union confederation founded on 5 October 2003. Formerly a member of the International Workers' Association (IWA), it has been a member of the International Confederation of Labor (ICL) since 2018. It is one of the largest anarchist organizations in Greece.

History

The union was founded on 5 October 2003, after a congress that accepted its founding declaration. Initially, it participated in the Libertarian International Solidarity (SIL) while it was ongoing, while maintaining links with the International Workers' Association (IWA). The union is independent of any political party and is organized around local (or professional) assemblies based on the principle of direct democracy. The union proclaims its solidarity with anti-capitalist and anti-fascist struggles.

During the Greek economic crisis, the union was part of the Greek anarchist organizations that were critical of the idea of cooperativizing the economy. Additionally, it assisted in the reception of migrants in Greece.

In 2016, it left the IWA along with the Confédération nationale du travail (CNT), the Argentine Regional Workers' Federation (FORA), and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), among others. In 2018, these organizations founded the International Confederation of Labor (ICL), where they reunited. The union has become one of the most active and numerous anarcho-communist and anarcho-syndicalist organizations in Greece.

In 2023, the organization published a translation of "Breaking the Chains: A History of Anarchism" by Lucien van der Walt.

References

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6. Kaufer, Ricardo (2019). "Female labor activists in the German anarcho-syndicalist union (FAU) and the women's strike movement: Class mobilization against exploitation". Journal of Labor and Society. 22 (2): 370. doi:10.1111/wusa.12412. ISSN 2471-4607.
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• Socialism
• Organized labour
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• International Workers' Association
• Anti-fascist organisations in Greece
• Trade unions established in 2003
• Syndicalism
• Anarchist organisations in Greece
• Libertarian socialist organizations
• Anarchist organizations in Europe
• 2003 establishments in Greece
• Syndicalist trade unions