AJ, Annie, Ira and Rudy discuss the methods of workers' inquiry and social investigation and how they have applied it to their organizing. They talk about the history of workers inquiry and its uneven use across tendencies, the usefulness of the method and the varying objects and objectives of the investigation. They also reflect on the ways that have used the methods of inquiry in their organizing.
References:A Workers Inquiry (1880) - K. MarxStruggle at FIAT - R. AlquatiSocialist Uses of Workers Inquiry - R. PanzieriWorkers’ Inquiry: A Genealogy - A. Haider, S. MohandesiWorkers' Inquiry and Global Class Struggle: Strategies, Tactics, Objectives - R. Ovetz (ed.)Sites of a Communist beginning - M. ElyClass Consciousness or Class Composition? - S. Mohandesi (Science & Society)A Worker in a Worker's State: Piece-rates in Hungary - M. HarasztiA call for communist social investigation a year after the summer of rebellion - Kites JournalWorkers Inquiry and Social Composition - Notes from BelowNo Politics Without Inquiry - Notes from Below
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