Anton Pannekoek
Dutch Marxist and one of the founders of council communism, best known for his writings on workers' councils.
Parti ve Sınıf – Anton Pannekoek
Eski emek hareketi partilerde örgütlenir. Partilere olan inanç işçi sınıfının güçsüzlüğünün asıl nedenidir; Bu nedenle bizler yeni bir parti kurmaktan kaçınıyoruz – çok az olduğumuz için değil fakat, parti işçi sınıfını yönetmeyi ve kontrol etmeyi hedefleyen bir örgüt olduğu için.
Партия и класс - Антон Паннекук
Старое рабочее движение организовано в партии. Вера в партии – основная причина слабости рабочего класса. Мы избегаем создавать новые партии, но не потому что нас слишком мало, а потому что партия – это организация, цель которой направлять и контролировать рабочий класс.
The German Revolution: The First Stage - Anton Pannekoek
Anton Pannekoek's article on the unfolding German revolution of 1918 shows some of the hopes which the upheaval inspired. Originally written in 1918, it was later published in Workers Dreadnought in 1919.
The Politics of Gorter - Pannekoek
Anton Pannekoek responds in 1952 to criticisms of the politics of his late comrade Herman Gorter.
Anton Pannekoek and the Quest For an Emancipatory Socialism
A short biographical article on the famous council communist theorist and astronomer.
Reprinted From "New Politics" #5 (Summer 1988)
Anton Pannekoek's Letter to Sylvia Pankhurst
Pannekoek discusses the failings of the programme of the newly formed Irish Communist Party.
Anton Pannekoek's letter -
DEAR COMRADE,
Letter to Socialisme ou Barbarie - Pannekoek
Letter from Anton Pannekoek in the 1950s to Socialisme ou Barbarie discussing his theories of workers councils....
Workers Councils - Anton Pannekoek
Anton Pannekoek describes how workers councils have been and can be organs of self-organised working class power in struggle - and a means towards overthrowing capitalism and creating a classless society.
State capitalism and dictatorship (alternate translation)
On the limits of state capitalism as a strategy for the ruling class.
This article was apparently first published in Raete Korrespondenz. This translation was published unsigned in the American journal International Council Correspondence Vol. III No. 1 January 1937.
Trade Unionism
"... there comes a disparity between the working class and trade unionism. The working class has to look beyond capitalism. Trade unionism lives entirely within capitalism and cannot look beyond it. Trade unionism can only represent a part, a necessary but narrow part, in the class struggle. And it develops aspects which bring it into conflict with the greater aims of the working class."
Pannekoek's text first appeared under his pen name "J Harper" in the American journal International Council Correspondence, (Vol II No 2, Jan 1936).
