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An interview in Bengali on Marx and Marxism, Leninism etc. and related ideologies, July 2014

The issues raised and discussed in this interview include: the question of relevance/irrelevance of Marx’s texts and of Marxism, Leninism and derivative ideologies in the context of the historical experiences of the USSR, PRC and similar regimes; the interrelationships of partocratic and academic Marxisms; Marx’s Das Kapital and related preparatory materials; the range of Marx’s investigations and the publication…

Direct Action (AFB) Vol 3 #04 (29) April 1948

Including: USA vs Russia - aeronautics, Buckingham Palace strike, Civil Service purge of "subversives", Stalinists maintain Buchenwald for anti…

The Workers' Dreadnought (Vol. 06 No. 29 - 11 October 1919)

Including: James Connolly Labour College in Dublin, Moscow Soviet elections, demands of striking…

Walter Rilla

The New Man

By the Council Communist, KAPD member and Film Actor Walter Rilla for his journal Die Erde, this text talks about the revolution in Russia and Germany, the impotence of the official…

Jan Appel

The Russian Reconstruction Program

By Jan Appel for KAPD's journal Der Proletarier, this text criticizes the reconstruction of Russia under the NEP and various other Bolshevik…

The German Revolution, a huge influence on the development of council communism.

Pre-history of Council Communism

This list here is to examine the pre-history of Council Communism, tracing its ideological origins and early influences. It is hoped that by…

Reflections on the Organizational Problem

Article in the Bremen Arbeiterpolitik arguing for newer forms of organization to overcome the Party-Trade Union separation. Originally published in "Arbeiterpolitik, 1918, No. 21".

On the “Reorganization” of the Trade Unions

Article from the Bremen Arbeiterpolitik that examines and criticizes the functions of Trade Unions and their role during the war while showing Unitary Organization as a way out. Originally published in "Arbeiterpolitik, 1918, No. 19 and 20".

Direct Action (AFB) Vol 3 #03 (28) March 1948

Including: Labour government and cost of living crisis, fascist paper sellers flee Piccadilly, South Wales miners "stay in strikes", nuclear…

The Workers' Dreadnought (Vol. 06 No. 28 - 4 October 1919)

Including: London anarchist counter government propaganda, Conference of London Workers, Russia,…

Clarity, Collection, Organization.

Published in the Bremen Arbeiterpolitik, this unsigned text talks about Parliament as a supposed means for the proletariat. Originally published in "Arbeiterpolitik, 1918, No. 19".

The Central Leadership of the USP on the Trade Union Question.

Article from the Bremen Arbeiterpolitik, signed under the word W, that criticized the view of the Independents' [USPD] leadership towards the Unitary Organization. Originally published in "Arbeiterpolitik, 1918, No. 17".