Council Communism
An anti-Leninist Marxist current of Pannekoek, Gorter and Mattick, which holds that workers themselves should run production and power through workers' councils, rejecting the vanguard party, the state and parliamentarism.
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In one sentence
I want workers' councils running factories and power through recallable mandates, with no vanguard party, no state and no wage labor.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Leaning · Federal
Structure
- Very strong · Democracy
Representation
- Strong · Liberty
Power
- Strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Strong · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Strong · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Strong · Public
Economy
- Strong · Planning
Control
- Leaning · Globalism
Trade
- Very strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Strong · Progressive
Morality
- Leaning · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Immigration
Leans further toward multiculturalism than 90% of the 271 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 50This ideology 13
Of all the axes, Immigration is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Technology
On Technology, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 59This ideology 67
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Anton Pannekoek
A Dutch astronomer and Marxist, Pannekoek championed workers' councils and the self-organization of the masses, criticizing both reformist parliamentarism and the centralism of vanguard communist parties.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyRicardo Flores MagónAnarcho-communist revolutionary99%
SociallyAlex WilliamsPolitical theorist98%
EconomicallyFriedrich EngelsRevolutionary theorist100%
Other compatible profiles
Intellectual lifeOscar WildeWriter98%
Political theoryCharles FourierSocialist philosopher97%
Political theoryRudolf RockerAnarcho-syndicalist theorist97%
Political theoryMikhail BakuninRevolutionary97%
Political theoryNick SrnicekPolitical theorist97%
ActivismAlexander BerkmanAnarcho-communist activist and writer96%
Political theoryAntonio NegriMarxist philosopher96%
PhilosophyBertrand RussellPhilosopher and pacifist96%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Paris Commune
março–maio de 1871The revolutionary government that held Paris for 72 days in 1871, the Commune established direct democracy with recallable mandates, workers' self-management of workshops, separation of Church and state, and equal pay, becoming a symbol of communal socialism.
Other close countries
Wales (United Kingdom)
Labour and nationalist constituent nationA constituent country of the United Kingdom with its own parliament (Senedd), Wales combines official Welsh-English bilingualism, a post-industrial labour and trade-union tradition, universal public healthcare, and a nationalist Plaid Cymru government since 2026.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyCalifornia (United States)Techno-progressive region92%
SociallyMassachusetts (United States)Academic-progressive region91%
EconomicallyScotland (United Kingdom)Independentist social-democratic nation98%
The most distant
Paris Commune
março–maio de 1871The revolutionary government that held Paris for 72 days in 1871, the Commune established direct democracy with recallable mandates, workers' self-management of workshops, separation of Church and state, and equal pay, becoming a symbol of communal socialism.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyAnarchist Aragon and Catalonia1936–193995%
SociallyFree Territory (Makhnovshchina)1918–192192%
EconomicallySocialist Yugoslavia1945–199294%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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