saw this a while ago, but never commented on it. rereading it again, it's quite good. obviously being an anarchist i disagree with a number of claims you've made here (such as a party being necessary to fight off opportunists and reactionaries - in my mind there is no reason this could not be done by the councils themselves, rather than needing the assistance of an outside entity.)
but i agree with the majority of what you've said - the spontaneity of the council, the fact that it has a distinctly proletarian class character, the fact that the formation of councils is probably the most likely outcome in a revolutionary scenario, and the best shot there realistically is for ground-up political change.
saw this a while ago, but never commented on it. rereading it again, it's quite good. obviously being an anarchist i disagree with a number of claims you've made here (such as a party being necessary to fight off opportunists and reactionaries - in my mind there is no reason this could not be done by the councils themselves, rather than needing the assistance of an outside entity.)
but i agree with the majority of what you've said - the spontaneity of the council, the fact that it has a distinctly proletarian class character, the fact that the formation of councils is probably the most likely outcome in a revolutionary scenario, and the best shot there realistically is for ground-up political change.
tl;dr banger post thank you ewatomi
Wonderful!
A banger article Ewatomi