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 axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Leaning · Federal
Structure
- Very strong · Democracy
Representation
- Strong · Liberty
Power
- Strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Strong · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Strong · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Strong · Public
Economy
- Strong · Planning
Control
- Leaning · Globalism
Trade
- Very strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Strong · Progressive
Morality
- Leaning · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Power
Leans further toward liberty than 85% of the 248 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 55This ideology 18
Of all the axes, Power is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Technology
On Technology, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 58This ideology 67
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
PoliticallyCharles FourierSocialist philosopher97%
SociallyKarl LiebknechtRevolutionary98%
EconomicallyFriedrich EngelsRevolutionary theorist100%
Other compatible profiles
Political theoryRudolf RockerAnarcho-syndicalist theorist97%
Political theoryMikhail BakuninRevolutionary97%
ActivismErrico MalatestaAnarchist militant and theorist96%
PhilosophyMichel FoucaultPhilosopher96%
PhilosophyJean-Paul SartrePhilosopher95%
Political theoryPeter KropotkinAnarchist theorist95%
Political theoryDaniel GuérinLibertarian socialist95%
ActivismBuenaventura DurrutiRevolutionary94%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Paris Commune
março–maio de 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
PoliticallyScotland (United Kingdom)Independentist social-democratic nation91%
SociallyMassachusetts (United States)Academic-progressive region91%
EconomicallyVatican CityClerical theocratic monarchy95%
The most distant
Paris Commune
março–maio de 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 Catalonia1936–193995%
SociallyFree Territory (Makhnovshchina)1918–192192%
EconomicallySocialist Yugoslavia1945–199294%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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