<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[the commune]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://thecommune.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[ilyajurenkov]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thecommune.wordpress.com/author/ilyajurenkov/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[communism from below]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/an-introduction-to-the-commune/">An introduction to The Commune &#8211; Joe Thorne</a></p>
<p>Here we present some historic perspectives on what communism actually is, and how it differs from statist models of  a non-capitalist society.</p>
<p><a href="../2009/01/18/hal-drapers-independent-socialism-a-perspective-for-the-left/">Independent socialism: a perspective for the left – Hal Draper</a></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/liberalism-citizenship-and-democracy/">Liberalism, citizenship, democracy &#8211; Mark Ellingsen</a></p>
<p><a href="../2008/11/22/thinking-through-the-meaning-of-communism-and-socialism-in-the-conditions-of-today/">Thinking through the meaning of communism and socialism in the conditions of today</a></p>
<p>On the content of socialism &#8211; by Cornelius Castoriadis (<a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/ideas/communism-from-below/on-the-content-of-socialism-part-1/">part 1</a>; <a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/ideas/communism-from-below/on-the-content-of-socialism-part-2/">part 2</a>; <a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/ideas/communism-from-below/on-the-content-of-socialism-part-3/">part 3</a>)</p>
<p><a href="../2008/09/14/the-ambiguities-of-workers-control/">The ambiguities of “workers’ control” – <em>Solidarity</em></a></p>
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<p><a title="the struggle for self-management" href="../ideas/the-struggle-for-self-management-an-open-letter-to-is-comrades/" target="_self">The Struggle for self-management: an open letter to IS comrades – <em>Solidarity</em>, September 1968</a></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/the-workers-self-management-alternative/">The workers&#8217; self-management alternative &#8211; Chris Kane</a></p>
<p><a href="../ideas/what-is-workers-control/">What is workers’ control? – Solidarity/Institute for Workers’ Control</a></p>
<p><a style="text-decoration:none;" href="../ideas/workers-control-a-reply-to-arthur-scargill/">Workers’ control – a reply to Arthur Scargill – Ken Coates</a></p>
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