Marx’s critique of socialist labor-money schemes and the myth of council communism’s Proudhonism - David Adam
In this article, David Adam takes aim at Gilles Dauvé's critique of the council communists, which has been influential in the communisation milieu.
The workers councils as organisational foundation of communist production - GIK
A summary of the basic theoretical foundations of the work 'Fundamental principles of communist production and distribution' by the Dutch German left group GIK.
The workers' councils in the theory of the Dutch-German communist left - Philippe Bourrinet
Philippe Bourrinet looks at the formation of the Dutch-German communist left, and the development of Pannekoek's theorisation of workers' councils.
Appel, Jan, 1890-1985
Submitted by Ed on Sep 20 2006 13:11
A short autobiography of Jan Appel, aka Jan Arndt, a German libertarian communist and shipyard worker who most famously hijacked a steam ship to Russia after the German Revolution of 1918.
Origins of the Movement for Workers' Councils in Germany
Submitted by libcom on Aug 6 2005 20:25
Pamphlet on the origins of the Movement for Workers' Councils in Germany, covering the 1918 revolution and its aftermath and activites and reactions of left and libertarian communists.
Fundamental principles of communist production and distribution
Full text of Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution, Collective work of the Group of International Communists of Holland (GIK), 1930
Autobiography of Jan Appel
Submitted by libcom on Jul 22 2005 22:34
Jan Appel, 1890-1945, was a German socialist and shipyard worker whose experience of the 1918 Revolution, after which he hijacked a steam ship to Russia, drove him out of the Communist Party.
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