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CONTENT1. What does “Workers’ Movement” mean?2. The emergence of Anarcho-Syndicalism and the Free Association of GermanUnions3. The moulding of Anarcho-Syndicalism after the First World War4. A clear alternative to authoritarian Communism: the Free Workers’ Unionof Germany4.1 The essential differences from the centralized Trade Unions4.2 Reasons for the decline in membership in the Free Workers’ Union4.2.1 The effects of declining membership on the workplace: Factory Councilsand Bargaining Agreements4.2.2 Tensions and Confl ict within the FAUD4.3 Anarcho-Syndicalism beyond the workplace organization4.3.1 Cultural organization4.3.1.1 The Association of free-thinking Proletariat (GpF)4.3.1.2 The Guild of Friends of Free Books (GfB)4.3.2 Aid Organizations4.3.2.1 The Association for Population Control and Sexual Hygiene (RV)4.3.2.2 The Black Flock4.3.2.3 The Movement of the Unemployed4.3.3 Alternatives to the Free Workers’ Union4.3.3.1 The Communal Settlements4.3.3.2 The Vagabond Movement4.3.4 Auxiliary Organizations of the FAUD4.3.4.1 The Syndicalist-Anarchist Youth of Germany (SAJD)4.3.4.2 The Syndicalist Women’s Group (SFB)4.3.4.3 The Childrens’ Movement4.4 The End of the Free Workers’ Union of Germany5. Syndicalism and its Signifi canceThis Text ist translated from: Helge Döhring: Syndikalismus und Anarcho-Syndikalismusin Deutschland. Eine Einführung, in: Jürgen Mümken: Anarchosyndikalismus ander Fulda. Die FAUD in Kassel und im Widerstand gegen Nationalsozialismus und Faschismus,Frankfurt 2004, Verlag Edition AV.