Council Communism
An anti-Leninist Marxist current of Pannekoek, Gorter and Mattick, which holds that workers themselves should run production and power through workers' councils, rejecting the vanguard party, the state and parliamentarism.
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In one sentence
I want workers' councils running factories and power through recallable mandates, with no vanguard party, no state and no wage labor.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Leaning · Federal
Structure
- Very strong · Democracy
Representation
- Strong · Liberty
Power
- Strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Strong · Internationalist
Nationalism
- Strong · Public
Economy
- Balanced
Free market
- Very strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Strong · Progressive
Morality
- Leaning · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Immigration
Leans further toward multiculturalism than 90% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 50This ideology 13
Of all the topics, Immigration is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Free market
On Free market, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 61This ideology 57
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Anton Pannekoek
A Dutch astronomer and Marxist, Pannekoek championed workers' councils and the self-organization of the masses, criticizing both reformist parliamentarism and the centralism of vanguard communist parties.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyRicardo Flores MagónAnarcho-communist revolutionary99%
SociallyKarl LiebknechtRevolutionary99%
EconomicallyFriedrich EngelsRevolutionary theorist100%
Other compatible profiles
Intellectual lifeDavid GraeberAnthropologist and anarchist activist98%
Political theoryCharles FourierSocialist philosopher98%
Political theoryNick SrnicekPolitical theorist98%
Political theoryMikhail BakuninRevolutionary97%
PhilosophyJean-Paul SartrePhilosopher97%
Political theoryRudolf RockerAnarcho-syndicalist theorist97%
Political theoryMurray BookchinThinker97%
ActivismAlexander BerkmanAnarcho-communist activist and writer96%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Paris Commune
March–May 1871The revolutionary government that held Paris for 72 days in 1871, the Commune established direct democracy with recallable mandates, workers' self-management of workshops, separation of Church and state, and equal pay, becoming a symbol of communal socialism.
Other close countries
California (United States)
Techno-progressive regionThe most populous US state, California is a global hub of technology and culture, with strongly progressive, environmentalist, and technocratic politics and a gigantic, innovative market economy.
Also close, by dimension
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SociallyWashington (United States)Secular progressive region93%
EconomicallyScotland (United Kingdom)Independentist social-democratic nation97%
The most distant
Paris Commune
March–May 1871The revolutionary government that held Paris for 72 days in 1871, the Commune established direct democracy with recallable mandates, workers' self-management of workshops, separation of Church and state, and equal pay, becoming a symbol of communal socialism.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyAnarchist Aragon and Catalonia1936–193996%
SociallyFree Territory (Makhnovshchina)1918–192196%
EconomicallySocialist Yugoslavia1945–199299%
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