Pannekoek and Gorter's Marxism

Year Published:  1978
Pages:  176pp   ISBN:  0-904383-71-7
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX6478

Anton Pannekoek and Herman Gorter were leading spokespersons for 'council communism.' They argued for the primacy of workers' own organizations, defending their importance agains the parliamentarists and Bolsheviks who saw in the party the nub of working-class organization, and against the anarchists who saw anathema in all organization. This volume contains represenative texts by Pannekoek and Goter, with an introduction by the editor.

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Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Anton Pannekoek: Marxist Theory and Revolutionary Tactics
Herman Gorter: The Origins of Nationalism in the Proletariat
Anton Pannekoek: World Revolution and Communist Tactics
Anton Pannekoek: Afterword to World Revolution and Communist Tactics
Herman Gorter: The Organisation of the Proletariat's Class Struggle
References

Subject Headings

• Anti-Authoritarianism
• Communism
• Left, The
• Libertarian Socialism
• Marxism
• Socialism
• Socialism/Case for
• Syndicalism
• Workers' Control
• Working Class