General Strikes: A Brief History
Based on a paper by Prof. Peter Rachleff, Macalester College
Although you may not have heard about them, general strikes have played an important role in American labor history. They have carved out key turning points, marking the emergence of a new kind of organization, a breakthrough in contesting political power, a new level of class consciousness, setting a tone for years of struggle to come.
Council communist theory - Peter J. Rachleff
Peter Rachleff's 1976 introduction to and history of council communism.
Working-class activity and councils - Germany 1918‑1923 - Peter Rachleff
Submitted by Red Marriott on Nov 8 2009 11:43
A survey of the main events and the limits of working class activity during the Revolution.
"[i]Without being conscious of it, the working class had conquered power in November of 1918. It had gone in its actions far beyond its explicit demands ‑‑ and far beyond the consciousness it had of its own activity and desires.
Soviets and Factory Committees in the Russian Revolution - Peter Rachleff
Submitted by libcom on Oct 21 2005 18:42
Peter Rachleff traces the development of the Factory Committees from early 1917 until the beginnings of the Bolsheviks' suppression of these organisations shortly after October.
Soviets and Factory Committees in the Russian Revolution
Peter Rachleff
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