“Always capitalist policy consists in dividing the working class by making it adhere to two opposite capitalist parties.” DemocracyCapitalismPropagandaPolitical PartiesMarxismBourgeoisieHegemony Book:Workers' Councils Source: Workers' Councils
“The German experience brings us face to face with the major problem of the revolution in Western Europe. In these countries, the old bourgeois mode of production and the centuries-old civilisation which has developed with it have completely impressed themselves upon the thoughts and feelings of the popular masses. Hence, the mentality and inner character of the masses here is quite different from that in the countries of the East, who have not experienced the rule of bourgeois culture; and this is what distinguishes the different courses that the revolution has taken in the East and the West.” CulturePoliticsRevolutionCapitalismHegemony Author:Anton Pannekoek
“The answer to the question of the purpose of the theory of value is quite different for the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The bourgeoisie asks about the prices of commodities, the proletariat about the organisation of society.” EconomicsProletariatCommunisn Author:Anton Pannekoek
“If we wish that in the coming times, in the fight of classes and peoples, the downfall into barbarity be prevented, these are the things we must oppose with all energy: dictatorial power of a small group or party, and suppression or limitation of free speech.” SocialismCommunismFree SpeechDictatorshipTotalitarianismNazismClass StruggleNational Socialism Book:Workers' Councils Source: Workers' Councils
“La leçon naturelle, "le communisme est le salut de la classe ouvrière" a été remplacée par une leçon artificielle, "le parti communiste est le sauveur". Après avoir capté l'énergie des grévistes par ses discours révolutionnaires, le parti communiste a orienté ces formes vers ses propres objectifs.” CommunismWorking ClassCommunist Party Author:Anton Pannekoek
“Wherever a nucleus of organization, of fight, of production is growing, wherever wide embracing connections are tied, wherever minds are struggling for clear ideas, there foundations are laid and a start is made for the future. With partial successes won in devoted fight, through strong unity and insight progressing by gradual steps, the workers must build their new society.” CommunityOrganizationSocialismCommunismMarxismClass StruggleWorkers Councils Author:Anton Pannekoek