**Workers' councils** are organisations that govern industry or a
municaplity made up of temporary and instantly revocable
[delegates](delegates "wikilink") elected in the region's workplaces. A
variation is a **soldiers' council**, when the delegates are chosen
amongst ([mutinous](Mutiny "wikilink")) soldiers. A mix of workers and
soldiers have also existed

## Timeline of Workers' and Soldiers' Councils

  - 1871: The [Paris Commune](Paris_Commune "wikilink") in
    [France](France "wikilink") is seen by some as a workers' council.
  - 1917: Approximately 13 workers' councils are [set
    up](Norwegian_Workers'_Council_Wave "wikilink") across cities and
    towns in the [UK](United_Kingdom "wikilink").
  - 1918: Approximately 91 workers' councils are [set
    up](Norwegian_Workers'_Council_Wave "wikilink") across cities and
    towns in [Norway](Norway "wikilink").
  - 1919: 2,500 soldiers in Kantara, Egypt form a [soldiers'
    council](Kantara_Soldiers'_Council "wikilink") during a mutiny.
  - 1919: Approximately 7 workers' councils are set up across cities in
    the [USA](United_States_of_America "wikilink").
  - 1945: Tramworkers' form a workers' council during the [Saigon
    Uprising](Saigon_Commune "wikilink").
  - 1968: Workers' councils form across France during the May Events.
  - 1973: Workers' councils begin forming in Chile.
  - 1978: Workers' councils begin forming in Iran during the Iranian
    Revolution.