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This course will explore global histories of anarchism and syndicalism, including the birth of anarchism within the workers’ movement in the nineteenth century; the transnational development of syndicalist class struggle unionism, with a focus on the Global South; the history of the Industrial Workers of the World in the United States and beyond; and the post-1960s evolution of anarchism and syndicalism, including in today’s rank and file labor struggles. From the Chicago Haymarket Martyrs to Starbucks Workers United, students will uncover the deep roots of anarchism within the labor movement.