| Workers' Councils Contributor(s): Pannekoek, Anton (Author), Chomsky, Noam (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1902593561 ISBN-13: 9781902593562 Publisher: AK Press OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: Contemporaries across the spectrum of Left thought, from Antonio Negri to Noam Chomsky, are falling over each other to claim the mantle of Left Communism. Left Communism is the theory and practice of worker control and self-organization whose adherents provided the main opposition to the Bolsheviks. Rarely printed, often cited, Pannekoek's Workers' Councils is the "Das Kapital" of Left Communism. This updated edition includes a substantial introduction from Noam Chomsky, illuminating the continuing relevance of this classic text. "An urgent message to the future- are we listening?-from the most brilliant theoretician of libertarian com-munism."-Mike Davis, author of "City of Quartz" Anton Pannekoek was a Dutch worker, Socialist, and astronomer. He wrote "Workers' Councils" amidst Nazi occupation of Holland. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - History | Modern - 20th Century - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 331.883 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.06" W x 9.12" (0.77 lbs) 112 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Contemporaries across the spectrum of Left thought, from Antonio Negri to Noam Chomsky, are falling over each other to claim the mantle of Left Communism. Left Communism is the theory and practice of worker control and self-organization whose adherents provided the main opposition to the Bolsheviks. Rarely printed, often cited, Pannekoek's Workers' Councils is the Das Kapital of Left Communism. This updated edition includes a substantial introduction from Noam Chomsky, illuminating the continuing relevance of this classic text. An urgent message to the future-- are we listening?--from the most brilliant theoretician of libertarian com-munism.--Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz Anton Pannekoek was a Dutch worker, Socialist, and astronomer. He wrote Workers' Councils amidst Nazi occupation of Holland. |