Postwar labor resistance ranged from reformist unionism to revolutionary council occupation.

Evidence

Th e popular struggles in the two countries examined here exemplifi ed the wideranging courses of action: from union campaigns that successfully pierced the establishment, to the eff ective operation of British building guilds that produced “for need” within the capitalist market, all the way to Italian factory occupations that were led by revolutionary workers’ councils. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 114

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Postwar labor unrest aimed at revolution, not just wages. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 375; Postwar labor radicals saw workers’ councils as the seed of a Soviet republic — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 479; Postwar workers rejected labor as a commodity and demanded democratic control of production — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention, 185 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Postwar workers rejected labor as a commodity and demanded democratic control of production #exemplifies (0.92) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 185
• Postwar strikes were political demands for workers’ self-government, not mere wage disputes #exemplifies (0.92)
• Postwar workers demanded meaning and agency in production. #corroborates (0.90)
• Austerity as a rationale emerged specifically to answer revolutionary workers’ councils #expands (0.75)