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'''Council Communism '''is a [libertarian
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marxist](Libertarian_Marxism "wikilink") philosophy that developed after
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the [Russian Revolution](October_Revolution "wikilink").
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## Steps
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Council Communists believe that there are six main steps to achieving
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council communism:
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1. Revolutionary class consciousness develops within the working class
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in a severe crisis of the capitalist system (with encouragement and
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agitation by a revolutionary organization).
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2. The workers then establish directly democratic councils in both
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workplaces and communities as the basic organs of the revolution.
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(This arises naturally under periods of intense class struggle, such
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as the Soviets in the Russian Revolution and the Shoras in the
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Iranian Revolution).
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3. Using these councils, the workers then proceed to seize the means of
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production and dismantle the state.
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4. Following from this, society and the economy is managed and
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coordinated by workers' councils, where production in all workplaces
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is managed by their workers via participatory decision-making.
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5. In workplaces too large to assemble all workers, decision-making is
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passed to special councils made up of delegates from their
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respective workplaces (although they still perform normal tasks like
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their fellow workers) which can be recalled at any moment by those
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who elected them in the first place.
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6. As opposed to directly controlling the factory, their task is to
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facilitate discussion and to carry out the decision made by their
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fellow workers that elected them, as well as facilitating
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cooperation between workplaces, as well as coordination between
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consumers/community groups and workplaces committees/councils. |