Workers' council
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A workers' council, also called labour council, is a type of council in a workplace or a locality made up of workers or of temporary and instantly revocable delegates elected by the workers in a local
The Soviet of Workers' Deputies of St. Petersburg in 1905: Leon Trotsky in the center.
Council communism
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Council communism or councilism is a current of left-communist thought that emerged in the 1920s. Inspired by the November Revolution, council communism was opposed to state socialism and advocated wo
Workers' council
…Soldatenrat). Workers' councils may in turn elect delegates to central committees, such as the Congress of Soviets. Supporters of workers' councils (such as council communists, libertarian socialists, Leninists, anarchists, and Marxists) argue that they are the most natural form of working-class organization, and believe that…
Anton Pannekoek in 1908
KAPD and AAUD placard calling for an election boycott in 1920
Otto Rühle around 1930
Paul Mattick in 1973