Group of International Communists (GIC)

Dutch council communists, the Group of International Communists (Groep van Internationale Communisten – GIC; Gruppe Internationaler Kommunisten – GIK).

Development Lines in Agriculture, 1930

Written in 1930, this pamphlet thoroughly details the development of European agriculture from 1900-27. Based their research, the Group of International Communists conclude that in all European agriculture, production was effectively 'social', and thus, able to be integrated into a communist mode of production. This article provides important context for the GIC's parallel text, Fundamental Principles of Communist…

Pannekoek

The Workers, Parliament and Communism

Text by Anton Pannekoek that analyses Parliamentarism as a means of struggle for the proletarian revolution. Produced as a pamphlet by the GIC in…

Russia WW2

Should the European workers defend Russia?

An article by the GIC which talks about widespread support for Russia in the looming threats of what we today call the Second World War and why…

Pressedienst der GIK

The differences between the views of IWW America and the AAU in Germany

Short article by the GIC about the differences between the IWW and AAU and also a critique of the…

The economy in transition to a "communist" society

A critique of the theses of the GIK and “labor coupons”, by Raoul Victor, compiled from excerpts from an exchange he had with Kees.

Marxism and State Communism: the Withering Away of the State - Groepen van Internationale Communisten (GIC)

Original publication: Marxisme en staatscommunisme; Het afsterven van de staat. –…

International Council Correspondence Volume 3, Number 2

The Volume 3, Number 2 (February 1937) issue of International Council Correspondence.

Barcelona May Days

The class war in Spain - GIK and LCI

A very short pamphlet written jointly by the Belgian LCI (League of Communist Internationalists) and IARV (Union of International Council Workers…

Anarchism and the Spanish revolution - Helmut Wagner

An article written by the German council communist Helmut Wagner in April 1937 criticizing…

International Council Correspondence Volume 1, Number 2

The Volume 1, Number 2 (November 1934) issue of International Council Correspondence.

Revolution and counterrevolution in Spain - Groep van Internationale Communisten

In this article published in June 1937 in the journal, Rätekorrespondenz, the Group of International…

Anton Pannekoek

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…