Workers' Councils / Edition 1

by Anton Pannekoek, Noam Chomsky

Overview

Contemporaries across the spectrum of Left thought, from Antonio Negri to Noam Chomsky, are falling over each other to claim the mantle of Left Communism. Left Communism is the theory and practice of worker control and self-organization whose adherents provided the main opposition to the Bolsheviks. Rarely printed, often cited, Pannekoek’s Workers’ Councils is the Das Kapital of Left Communism. This updated edition includes a substantial introduction from Noam Chomsky, illuminating the continuing relevance of this classic text.

"An urgent message to the future— are we listening?—from the most brilliant theoretician of libertarian com-munism."—Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz

Anton Pannekoek was a Dutch worker, Socialist, and astronomer. He wrote Workers’ Councils amidst Nazi occupation of Holland.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781902593562
Publisher:	AK PR INC
Publication date:	11/01/2002
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	980,243
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	V
	Interviews
	Robert F. Barsky and Noam Chomsky	VIII
	Robert F. Barsky and Ken Coates	XVII
	Robert F. Barsky and Peter Hitchcock	XXIII
	J. J. Lebel and Paul Mattick	XXVIII
	Workers' Councils
	Preface	3
I.	The Task
1.	Labor	5
2.	Law and Property	13
3.	Shop Organization	18
4.	Social Organization	23
5.	Objections	28
6.	Difficulties	39
7.	Council Organization	44
8.	Growth	50
II.	The Fight
1.	Trade Unionism	57
2.	Direct Action	61
3.	Shop Occupation	66
4.	Political Strikes	68
5.	The Russian Revolution	76
6.	The Workers' Revolution	83
III.	The Foe
1.	The English Bourgeoisie	99
2.	The French Bourgeoisie	103
3.	The German Bourgeoisie	109
4.	Nationalism	115
5.	American Capitalism	124
6.	Democracy	132
7.	Fascism	138
8.	National Socialism	144
IV.	The War (1944)
1.	Japanese Imperialism	161
2.	The Rise of China	166
3.	The Colonies	174
4.	Russia and Europe	178
5.	In the Abyss	183
V.	The Peace (1947)
1.	Toward New War	189
2.	Toward New Slavery	196
3.	Toward New Freedom	202
	Further Reading	209