The Eye of the Needle: Towards Participatory Democracy in South Africa
This book, by the South African philosopher and trade unionist Rick Turner (assassinated in Durban in 1978) was first published in 1972. It is an argument, written in opposition to the Stalinism of the South African Communist Party, for a participatory democracy in post-apartheid South Africa. The attached file contains the preface. The full text of the book is available at South African History Online.
40 years of Lucas Plan - Some thoughts
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Nov 25 2016 13:36
Some of us take part in the ’40 years of Lucas Plan’ conference in Birmingham, 26th of November 2016
(http://lucasplan.org.uk/) - We wrote down some basic thoughts on workers' control, the state and technology
La Kolektivigoj en Katalunio (1936-1939)
Eseo de Antoni Castells Duran pri la kolektivigoj en Katalunio okazigitaj inter la jaroj 1936 kaj 1939.
Workers' control in Latin America, 1930-1979 - Jonathan C Brown
Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 11 2016 18:59
A series of essays investigating the everyday acts through which Latin American workers attempted to assert more control over work processes and thereby add dignity to their lives, during the mass working class struggles in the mid-20th century. We do not agree with the leftist nationalist perspective of some of the essays but reproduce them all for the historical information therein.
Workers' control in the building industry - James Lynch
James Lynch on UK builders' guilds, and other attempts at workers' control in the construction industry.
Approaches to industrial democracy - Geoffrey Ostergaard
Critique of various approaches to industrial democracy and workers' control by Geoffrey Ostergaard.
Workers' control: looking for a movement
Anarchy magazine on the contemporary movement for workers' control.
The Vest Pocket Chairman by R. Heathwood and G. Horsman 1960
The National Council of Labour Colleges (NCLC) was an organisation set up in the United Kingdom to foster working class self-education.
