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The Workers’ Way to Freedom

and Other Council Communist Writings

By: Anton Pannekoek

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The Workers’ Way to Freedom

and Other Council Communist Writings

By: Anton Pannekoek

Anton Pannekoek (1873-1960), the Dutch astronomer and Marxist revolutionary, was a key theoretician of council communism—a Marxist alternative to both Leninism and Social Democracy that instead emphasized working-class self-emancipation through workers’ councils. The first half of this book walks the reader through the fundamentals of council communism and the conditions that led to the development of these ideas. The second half of the book demonstrates the rich depth of Pannekoek’s thinking, with penetrating essays and insightful letters on revolutionary organization, state capitalism, Marxism, the limitations of trade unions and political parties, the potential of wildcat strikes, public vs. common ownership, the necessity of combining organization and freedom, the deceptiveness of parliamentarism, workers’ councils, the vital importance of working-class self-emancipation, and more. With the recent resurgence in the naïve hope that Democratic Socialism and trade unionism can act as radical methods to meaningfully confront or even overthrow capitalism, Pannekoek’s council communist ideas encourage workers to think for themselves rather than submit to the dead-end traditions of the old movement and embrace the collective self-activity that can build a new movement capable of overcoming the struggles we face ahead.

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9798887440095

Marxist Theory and Revolutionary Tactics

By: Anton Pannekoek

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Marxist Theory and Revolutionary Tactics

By: Anton Pannekoek

For several years past, profound tactical disagreement has been developing on a succession of issues amongst those who had previously shared common ground as Marxists and together fought against Revisionism in the name of the radical tactic of class struggle. It first came into the open in 1910, in the debate between Kautsky and Luxemburg over the mass strike; then came the dissension over imperialism and the question of disarmament; and finally, with the conflict over the electoral deal made by the Party Executive and the attitude to be adopted towards the liberals, the most important issues of parliamentary politics became the subject of dispute.

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2348252066

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The Council Communist Reader

By: Paul Mattick,Otto Rühle,Karl Korsch,Herman Gorter,Franz Pfemert,Anton Pannekoek

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The Council Communist Reader

By: Paul Mattick,Otto Rühle,Karl Korsch,Herman Gorter,Franz Pfemert,Anton Pannekoek

'Workers' councils' does not designate a fixed form of organization, elaborated once and for all and for which all that remains is to perfect its details; it concerns a principle, that of workers' self management of the enterprise and of production. The realization of this principle can never occur through a theoretical discussion concerning the best means of execution. It is a question of the practical struggle against the apparatus of capitalist domination." - Anton Pannekoek The Council Communist Reader is a collection of selected writings from a few council communists. Council Communism emerged in Holland and Germany in the 1920's as an alternative to Bolshevik and Marxist-Leninist thought up to the Third International. Council Communist theory was derived from workers' experiences in the German Revolution of 1918, the early years of the Weimar Republic, and the study of the early council movements in Russia in 1905 and 1917. They sought not to impose a kind of organization upon the workers' movement, but instead to uplift the form of "councils" as spontaneous and self-emancipatory for the working class. This was a throughline for the council communists to connect back to Marx's understanding of proletarian revolution in maintaining "the emancipation of the working class is the task of the workers themselves." Council communism was not to be a new ideology for the working class, but to take a critique of state socialism back to the roots of self-emancipation towards theoretical coherence which can combat all forms that hinder emancipation and move this theoretical coherence into practice. From this, and their understanding revolutionary consciousness develops as a result of crisis, revolution is not a choice but a necessity. The works included in this book have been chosen to reflect the developments of Council Communism over decades; this is not an exhaustive, encyclopedic collection of all councilist texts, but a collection of key texts. This book in the Radical Reprint series from Pattern Books is made to be accessible and as close to manufacturing cost as possible.

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5143124174

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A History of Astronomy

By: Anton Pannekoek

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A History of Astronomy

By: Anton Pannekoek

Well-balanced, carefully reasoned study covers such topics as Ptolemaic theory, work of Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, Eddington's work on stars, much more. Illustrated. References.

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0486659941

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Workers' Councils

The Libertarian Socialist Philosophy of Workers' Self-Rule in Governing Local Regions (Hardcover)

By: Anton Pannekoek

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Workers' Councils

The Libertarian Socialist Philosophy of Workers' Self-Rule in Governing Local Regions (Hardcover)

By: Anton Pannekoek

Anton Pannekoek discusses the viability of workers' councils as an effective means of administrating a socialist society, as contrasted to the centralized doctrines of state communism or state capitalism. Conceived as an alternative way to establish and sustain socialism, the workers councils have so far never been successfully established at a national scale. Part of the problem was disagreements among revolutionaries about their size and responsibilities; while Lenin supported the notion during the revolutionary period, the councils were phased out in favor of a centralized state, rather than diffused through the strata of society. Pannekoek draws on history for his ideas, noting the deficiencies of previous revolutions and the major objectives a future revolution should hold. The various tasks a state of worker's councils must accomplish, and the enemies that must be overcome - notably fascists, bourgeois elements and big business - are listed.

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0359046487

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The Council Communist Reader

By: Paul Mattick,Otto Rühle,Karl Korsch,Herman Gorter,Franz Pfemert,Anton Pannekoek

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By: Paul Mattick,Otto Rühle,Karl Korsch,Herman Gorter,Franz Pfemert,Anton Pannekoek

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The Workers’ Way to Freedom

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Me, Myself & Ideas

The Ultimate Guide to Brainstorming Solo

By: Carrie Anton,Jessica Nordskog

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Me, Myself & Ideas

The Ultimate Guide to Brainstorming Solo

By: Carrie Anton,Jessica Nordskog

A mother-daughter duo of creativity consultants share this practical guide to generating fresh ideas—without setting foot in a conference room. An essential resource for any self-employed, freelance, or work-from-home professional, Me, Myself & Ideas offers tips, tools, and a host of exercises aimed at crushing mental blocks and forging ahead with creative solutions. Whether you're stuck on a logistical problem or experiencing a creative dry spell, the activities in this book are sure to get you thinking (and creating) in new and powerful ways.

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Workers' Councils: The Libertarian Socialist Philosophy of Workers' Self-Rule in Governing Local Regions

By: Anton Pannekoek

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Rutherford's Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, 2-Volume Set,E-Book

By: Anton N Sidawy,Bruce A Perler

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Rutherford's Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, 2-Volume Set,E-Book

By: Anton N Sidawy,Bruce A Perler

Encyclopedic, definitive, and state-of-the-art in the field of vascular disease and its medical, surgical, and interventional management, Rutherford's Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy offers authoritative guidance from the most respected and innovative global thought leaders and clinical and basic science experts of our time. The thoroughly revised 10th Edition, published in association with the Society for Vascular Surgery and authored by multidisciplinary and international contributors, is an outstanding reference for vascular surgeons, vascular medicine specialists, interventional radiologists and cardiologists, and their trainees who depend upon Rutherford's in their practice. Under the expert editorial guidance of Drs. Anton N. Sidawy and Bruce A. Perler, it is quite simply the most complete and most reliable resource available on the art and science of circulatory diseases. - Incorporates fundamental vascular biology, diagnostic techniques, and decision making as well as medical, endovascular, and surgical treatment of vascular disease. - Features numerous concise and comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms vital to patient evaluation and management. - Covers all vascular imaging techniques, offering a non-invasive evaluation of both the morphology and hemodynamics of the vascular system. - Employs a full-color layout, images and online videos, so readers can view clinical and physical findings and operative techniques more vividly. - Contains fully updated and more concise chapters with a focused format and summary for each that provides a quick access to key information—ideal for consultation as well as daily practice. - Includes expanded coverage of the business of vascular surgery, including a new section on the use of technology platforms and social media, and new chapters on telemedicine, the development and operation of outpatient dialysis centers and multispecialty cardiovascular centers, vascular information on the internet, and much more. - Provides new content on key topics such as endovascular treatment of complex aortic disease, acute vascular occlusion in the pediatric population, outpatient vascular care, and anatomic surgical exposures for open surgical reconstructions. - Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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Marxism and Darwinism

By: Anton Pannekoek

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Marxism and Darwinism

By: Anton Pannekoek

A materialist interpretation of the origin of species and the ascent of humankind by the socialist and later left-communist, Anton Pannekoek. Originally published in German (and subsequently in Dutch) in 1909, the pamphlet was a response to the various false interpretations that bourgeois Darwinists and racial theorists applied to human society. This new translation corrects errors and omissions in the only previous English version of the text.

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1655016210

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Lenin as Philosopher

A Critical Examination of the Philosophical Basis of Leninism

By: Anton Pannekoek

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Lenin as Philosopher

A Critical Examination of the Philosophical Basis of Leninism

By: Anton Pannekoek

First published in 1938 by a leader of the Council Communism movement, Anton Pannekoek's Lenin as Philosopher offers a classic left-wing interpretation and critique of Lenin's philosophical accomplishment and its relationship to the development of Leninism as perhaps the dominant political theory of the twentieth century. Providing a detailed discussion of the philosophical background to the Machist controversy which occasioned Lenin's Materialism and Empirio criticism, Pannekoek's study still stands as one of the most forceful and politically astute discussions of the topic available. Published here for the first time in an annotated and scholarly edition, this masterpiece of Marxist criticism is accompanied by a lengthy new introduction expanding and assessing Pannekoek's discussion and arguing for the continuing relevance of Lenin's thought for Marxism in the new millenium.

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The Workers’ Way to Freedom

The Workers’ Way to Freedom

Marxist Theory and Revolutionary Tactics

Marxist Theory and Revolutionary Tactics

The Council Communist Reader

The Council Communist Reader

A History of Astronomy

A History of Astronomy

Workers' Councils

Workers' Councils

The Council Communist Reader

The Council Communist Reader

The Workers’ Way to Freedom

The Workers’ Way to Freedom

Me, Myself & Ideas

Me, Myself & Ideas

Workers' Councils: The Libertarian Socialist Philosophy of Workers' Self-Rule in Governing Local Regions

Workers' Councils: The Libertarian Socialist Philosophy of Workers' Self-Rule in Governing Local Regions

Rutherford's Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, 2-Volume Set,E-Book

Rutherford's Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, 2-Volume Set,E-Book

Marxism and Darwinism

Marxism and Darwinism

Lenin as Philosopher

Lenin as Philosopher

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