Английская Википедия:Helmut Rüdiger

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Шаблон:Anarcho-syndicalism sidebar Helmut Rüdiger (1903–1966) was a German-Swedish journalist and anarcho-syndicalist activist. Born in Saxony, he became involved with the anarchist movement after the German Revolution of 1918–1919, becoming a leading member of the Free Workers' Union of Germany (FAUD). During the 1930s, he moved to Spain, where he participated in the Spanish Revolution of 1936. After the defeat of the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, he fled to Sweden, where he became a leading member of the Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden and an influential figure in the "revisionist" tendency of anarcho-syndicalism. He died in Spain in 1966, while trying to make contact with members of the anarchist underground.

Biography

Helmut Rüdiger was born on 11 January 1903,Шаблон:Sfn in the Saxon town of Frankenberg,Шаблон:Sfnm into the family of a theologian.Шаблон:Sfn He lived his early life in Chemnitz,Шаблон:Sfnm where he joined the Wandervogel youth movement.Шаблон:Sfn During the German Revolution of 1918–1919, he began studying the works of the German anarchist Gustav Landauer, which converted him to anarcho-syndicalism.Шаблон:Sfnm

After working within the unemployed workers' movement in Chemnitz,Шаблон:Sfn in 1922, he joined the newly established Free Workers' Union of Germany (FAUD).Шаблон:Sfnm In 1925, he was elected chairman of the FAUD and moved to the Bavarian capital of Munich,Шаблон:Sfn where he studied German literature and art history at University of Munich.Шаблон:Sfn He then moved to Berlin in 1927.Шаблон:Sfn He succeeded Augustin Souchy as the editor of the FAUD's newspaper Der Syndikalist in 1928 and was elected to head its executive commission in 1930.Шаблон:Sfnm

He soon became frustrated with the internal divisions within the FAUD,Шаблон:Sfn and in 1932, he left Germany and moved to Spain.Шаблон:Sfnm Together with Arthur Lehning, he co-edited the German emigrant newspaper Internationale. He also maintained contact with underground groups of the FAUD, which had been banned by the authorities of Nazi Germany.Шаблон:Sfn After the outbreak of the Spanish Revolution of 1936, he was made head of German language propaganda for the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT). That same year, he was also elected as secretary of the International Workers' Association (IWA).Шаблон:Sfnm In 1937, he organised the IWA's extraordinary congress in Paris.Шаблон:Sfn With the defeat of the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, he fled to Sweden,Шаблон:Sfnm where he joined the Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden (SAC).Шаблон:Sfnm Under the pseudonym "Ivar Bergeren",Шаблон:Sfn he edited the SAC's journal Arbetaren.Шаблон:Sfnm

By 1949, he had become a Swedish citizen.Шаблон:Sfn He soon became one of the leading figures of the Swedish anarchist movement,Шаблон:Sfnm and an influential theoretician of the "revisionist" tendency of anarcho-syndicalism. In response to the decline of the syndicalist movement and the increasing levels of sectarianism among anarcho-syndicalists, Rüdiger proposed that syndicalists work within existing trade unions rather than building new ones along syndicalist lines. In subsequent decades, he became to emphasise localism as a means to build libertarian socialism through federalism.Шаблон:Sfn During this period, he also contributed to the German anarchist magazine Die Freie Gesellschaft.Шаблон:Sfn

He visited Spain in 1966,Шаблон:Sfnm looking to make contact with underground members of the CNT.Шаблон:Sfn In June of that year,Шаблон:Sfn Helmut Rüdiger died in Madrid.Шаблон:Sfnm

Selected works

• The Revolutionary Movement in Spain (1934)
• Anarcho-Syndicalism in the Spanish Revolution (1938)
• Syndikalism och Parlamentarism. Ett diskussionsinlägg om folkrepresentationens problem [Syndicalism and Parliamentarism: A Contribution to the Problem of People's Representation] (1945)
• Federalismen. Bidrag till en frihetens historia [Federalism: A Contribution for the History of Freedom]. (1947)
• Rudolf Rocker und die jüdische Arbeiterbewegung (1951)
• Der Sozialismus wird frei sein [Socialism Will Be Free] (1991)

Bibliography

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Further reading

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External links

• Articles by and about Rüdiger - Libcom.org