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#communism/#Marx: collective regulation of production by freely associated independent producers

Anti-globalisation has, thus, to mean complete #democratisation so as to make all social forces accountable to human #needs. In sum, the demand for a new #democratically constituted #regulation of #capital should be taken seriously. Though, it should be deepened and not restricted to legitimate the social engineering of discipline. It should first of all be taken on in the tradition of Enlightenment thought: Doubt everything! Second, it should be taken to its logical conclusion: the democratic organisation of socially necessary labour by the associated producers themselves, that is, the utopia of the society of the free and equal that #Marx summed up with one word: #communism.

Werner #Bonefeld on Globalisation

“Generic #Communism designates a #free #associative #egalitarian #society where the activity of #polymorph #workers is not governed by regulations and technical or social articulations but is managed by the #collective power of #needs. In such a society, the #State is dissolved as a separate instance from public coercion. #Politics – much as it voices the interests of social groups and covets at the conquest of power – is de facto dissolved.

Thus, the purpose of #Communist politics aims at its own disappearance in the modality of the end of the form separated from the State in general, even if it concerns a State that declares itself #democratic."

• Alain #Badiou - Highly Speculative Reasoning on the Concept of #Democracy (https://www.lacan.com/conceptsym.htm)

What is the #communist hypothesis? In its generic sense, given in its
canonic Manifesto, ‘communist’ means, first, that the logic of #class—the
fundamental #subordination of #labour to a dominant class, the arrangement
that has persisted since Antiquity—is not inevitable; it can be
overcome. The communist hypothesis is that a different #collective
organization is practicable, one that will eliminate the #inequality of
#wealth and even the division of labour. The #private appropriation of
massive fortunes and their transmission by inheritance will disappear.
The existence of a #coercive #state, separate from #civil #society, will no
longer appear a necessity: a long process of reorganization based on a
#free #association of #producers will see it withering away.

‘#Communism’ as such denotes only this very general set of intellectual
representations. It is what Kant called an Idea, with a regulatory
function, rather than a programme. It is foolish to call such communist
principles #utopian; in the sense that I have defined them here they are
intellectual patterns, always actualized in a different fashion. As a
pure Idea of #equality, the communist hypothesis has no doubt existed
since the beginnings of the state. As soon as mass action opposes #state
#coercion in the name of #egalitarian #justice, rudiments or fragments of
the hypothesis start to appear. Popular #revolts—the #slaves led by
#Spartacus, the #peasants led by #Müntzer—might be identified as practical
examples of this ‘communist invariant’. With the French Revolution, the
communist hypothesis then inaugurates the epoch of political modernity.

Alain #Badiou-Bibliography/The Communist Hypothesis/Lacan Dot Com

“Real #wealth consists in things of #utility and #beauty, in things that help to create strong, beautiful bodies and surroundings inspiring to live in. But if man is doomed to wind cotton around a spool, or dig coal, or build roads for thirty years of his life, there can be no talk of wealth. What he gives to the world is only gray and hideous things, reflecting a dull and hideous existence, - too weak to live, too cowardly to die. Strange to say, there are people who extol this deadening method of #centralized #production as the proudest achievement of our age. They fail utterly to realize that if we are to continue in #machine subserviency, our #slavery is more complete than was our #bondage to the #King. They do not want to know that #centralization is not only the death-knell of #liberty, but also of health and beauty, of art and science, all these being impossible in a clock-like, mechanical atmosphere.

#Anarchism cannot but repudiate such a method of production: its goal is the freest possible expression of all the latent powers of the #individual. Oscar Wilde defines a perfect #personality as “one who develops under perfect conditions, who is not wounded, maimed, or in danger.” A perfect personality, then, is only possible in a state of #society where man is #free to choose the mode of #work, the conditions of work, and the #freedom to work. One to whom the making of a table, the building of a house, or the tilling of the soil, is what the painting is to the artist and the discovery to the scientist, - the result of #inspiration, of intense longing, and deep interest in work as a creative force. That being the ideal of Anarchism, its economic arrangements must consist of #voluntary #productive and #distributive #associations, gradually developing into free #communism, as the best means of producing with the least waste of human energy. Anarchism, however, also recognizes the right of the individual, or numbers of individuals, to arrange at all times for other forms of work, in harmony with their tastes and desires.”

• Emma #Goldman - Anarchism: what it really stands for (http://www.panarchy.org/goldman/anarchism.1910.html)

Vladimir #Mayakovsky, “Ξελασπώστε το μέλλον”

Δεν είναι μόνον
ο #Κομμουνισμός
στη γη,
στα κάθιδρα εργοστάσια εκείνα.
Είναι και μες στο σπίτι,
στο τραπεζάκι μπρος,
στις σχέσεις,
στη φαμίλια,
στην καθημερινή ρουτίνα.

#communism

Ωστόσο, δεν μπορούμε ποτέ να έχουμε πραγματική πολιτική δημοκρατία αν δεν έχουμε, επίσης, οικονομική δημοκρατία - δηλαδή, τη δυνατότητα όλων των ανθρώπων να διαχειρίζονται από κοινού τους χώρους εργασίας τους, να συμμετέχουν στη λήψη των αποφάσεων για το πώς χρησιμοποιούνται τα πλεονάσματα στη δημιουργία των οποίων συμβάλλουν, να διαχειρίζονται από κοινού τους τοπικούς φυσικούς πόρους στους οποίους βασίζονται, και να μοιράζονται τα οικονομικά όσο και πολιτιστικά, κοινωνικά, πνευματικά, διανοητικά και άλλα οφέλη που προκύπτουν από τους κοινόχρηστους πόρους. Όσο έχουμε μια αγορά διαιρεμένη μεταξύ εκείνων που δεν έχουν τίποτα να πουλήσουν παρά μόνο την εργασία τους και εκείνων που κατέχουν όλα τα σημαντικά περιουσιακά στοιχεία, δεν θα υπάρχει οικονομική δημοκρατία, και η πολιτική δημοκρατία θα είναι ελλιπής.

εφημερίδα ΔΡΑΣΗ: Οικονομική δημοκρατία αντί της μετα-βιομηχανικής φεουδαρχίας

Yet, we can never have true political democracy if we do not also have economic democracy – that is, the ability of all people to co-manage their workplaces, to be involved in deciding how the surpluses they help generate are used, to co-manage the local natural resources that they rely on, and to share in the economic as well as cultural, social, spiritual, intellectual and other benefits arising from shared resources. As long as we have a market divided between those who have nothing to sell but their labor, and those who own all the important assets, there will be no economic democracy, and political democracy will be incomplete.

#economicdemocracy #communism #politicaldemocracy

Υπάρχει μια συλλογική αποτυχία της φαντασίας όταν οι άνθρωποι αποτυγχάνουν να συνειδητοποιήσουν ότι όλοι οι εργαζόμενοι μαζί μπορούν να κατέχουν μια επιχείρηση και να διαχειρίζονται δημοκρατικά τις υποθέσεις της, και ότι όλοι οι άνθρωποι που ζουν σε έναν τόπο μπορούν να διαχειριστούν δημοκρατικά και βιώσιμα τους κοινούς φυσικούς πόρους, προκειμένου να παρέχουν αρκετά για όλους (όπως και για τις μελλοντικές γενιές).

εφημερίδα ΔΡΑΣΗ: Οικονομική δημοκρατία αντί της μετα-βιομηχανικής φεουδαρχίας

There’s a collective failure of the imagination when people fail to realize that all the employees together can own a company and democratically manage its affairs, and that all the people living in a place can democratically and sustainably manage shared natural resources in order to provide enough for all (including for future generations).

#economicdemocracy #communism #democracy #democracyatwork #economy

[write an essay for the following thoughts:

“Στην #αναρχία δε θα φτάσουμε ούτε σήμερα, ούτε αύριο, ούτε ποτέ. Στην αναρχία θα πορευόμαστε σήμερα, αύριο και για πάντα.”

— Errico #Malatesta

“#Communism is for us not a state of affairs which is to be established , an ideal to which reality [will] have to adjust itself. We call communism the real movement which abolishes the present state of things. The conditions of this movement result from the premises now in existence.”

— Friedrich #Engels & Karl #Marx - The German Ideology, 1845

Σήμερα η αναρχία είναι θυμός, θανάσιμο μίσος και αιώνιος πόλεμος ενάντια σε όλους τους καταπιεστές και τους εκμεταλλευτές που υπάρχουν πάνω στη γη• είναι η απαράγραπτη διεκδίκηση των καταπιεσμένων, είναι το σύμφωνο συμμαχίας τους, η πολεμική κραυγή τους˗ ανελέητος πόλεμος όσο στη γη θα υπάρχει ακόμα έστω και ένα αφεντικό, έστω και ένας εκμεταλλευτής. Αναρχία σημαίνει ακατάπαυστη, αδιάκοπη εξέγερση, ενάντια σε κάθε κατεστημένη τάξη• πόλεμος ενάντια σε κάθε κρατική αρχή, που διεξάγεται με όλους τους δυνατούς τρόπους και με όλες τις δυνατές μορφές: με το γραπτό λόγο και κάθε άλλο μέσο έκφρασης, με τις πράξεις περιφρόνησης και εχθρότητας και προπάντων με τα όπλα.

— Είναι από το κείμενο του Ιταλού αναρχοκομμουνιστή Κάρλο #Καφιέρο “Επανάσταση”, Αναρχία και Κομμουνισμός.
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Title: The Everlasting Pursuit of Anarchy: A Call to Arms

Introduction:

The words of Errico Malatesta and Karl Marx, echoed through time, resonate as a clarion call for those who yearn for a world free from oppression and exploitation. They paint a vivid picture of the ceaseless struggle that defines the path to anarchy. In this essay, we delve into the essence of anarchy as an unyielding force, an unwavering commitment to the emancipation of the oppressed, and an unrelenting battle against all forms of tyranny.

I. Anarchy: A Battle Cry for the Oppressed:

Malatesta’s proclamation encapsulates the spirit of anarchy as an unquenchable fury, a lethal animosity, and an eternal warfare against oppressors and exploiters. It is the unscripted demand of the downtrodden, a covenant of solidarity among them, a war cry that endures as long as even a single master, even a single exploiter, exists on Earth. Anarchy signifies a relentless, uninterrupted uprising against every established order.

II. Anarchy: The Real Movement Towards Liberation:

Marx and Engels, in “The German Ideology,” challenge the notion of communism as a static ideal waiting to be realized. They define communism as a living, breathing movement that seeks to dismantle the prevailing status quo. This movement draws its energy from the current conditions and premises in existence. Anarchy aligns with this view, rejecting the notion of a distant utopia and emphasizing the urgency of immediate action.

III. Anarchy in Action:

Carlo Cafiero’s words emphasize that anarchy is not a passive philosophy but an active pursuit. It is a perpetual rebellion against entrenched power structures, conducted through every available means of expression, from the written word to acts of defiance and, above all, through arms. Anarchy demands a willingness to engage in all forms of struggle to dismantle the institutions of authority.

IV. The Everlasting Journey:

The journey towards anarchy is not confined to a specific era or generation. It transcends the limitations of time and space, encompassing the struggles of countless individuals who have dared to challenge the established norms. It is a legacy passed down through the ages, a torch carried by those who refuse to accept a world marred by hierarchy and exploitation.

Conclusion:

Errico Malatesta’s proclamation and the words of Marx, Engels, and Carlo Cafiero converge to form a powerful testament to the enduring spirit of anarchy. It is not a distant utopia, but a lived reality that demands relentless action. Anarchy is a commitment to the eternal battle against oppression, a call to arms that reverberates through time. Today, tomorrow, and forever, the pursuit of anarchy will continue, fueled by the unwavering determination of those who refuse to accept a world that perpetuates inequality and injustice.](https://chat.openai.com/c/ede80528-e60d-4024-acf1-ebd743985897)

Artwork: Diego Rivera - “Man at the Crossroads” (1934, destroyed):

#Κομμουνισμός - «μια ένωση στην οποία η ελεύθερη ανάπτυξη του καθενός [ατόμου] είναι η προϋπόθεση για την ελεύθερη ανάπτυξη όλων».

— #Marx & #Engels, Manifesto (1848)

#Communism - “an association in which the free development of each [individual] is the condition for the free development of all.”

— #Marx & #Engels, Manifesto (1848)

Artwork: The celebration of the election of the #Commune, 28 March 1871

Description
Italiano: Proclamazione della Comune, Parigi, 28 marzo 1871
Date 1871
Source http://www.paperblog.fr/4317074/la-commune-proclamee-le-28-mars-1871/
Author Unknown author

#Communism - “an association in which the free development of each [individual] is the condition for the free development of all.”

— #Marx & #Engels, Manifesto (1848)

“Στην #αναρχία δε θα φτάσουμε ούτε σήμερα, ούτε αύριο, ούτε ποτέ. Στην αναρχία θα πορευόμαστε σήμερα, αύριο και για πάντα.”

— Errico #Malatesta

“#Communism is for us not a state of affairs which is to be established , an ideal to which reality [will] have to adjust itself. We call communism the real movement which abolishes the present state of things. The conditions of this movement result from the premises now in existence.”

— Friedrich #Engels & Karl #Marx - The German Ideology, 1845

Σήμερα η αναρχία είναι θυμός, θανάσιμο μίσος και αιώνιος πόλεμος ενάντια σε όλους τους καταπιεστές και τους εκμεταλλευτές που υπάρχουν πάνω στη γη• είναι η απαράγραπτη διεκδίκηση των καταπιεσμένων, είναι το σύμφωνο συμμαχίας τους, η πολεμική κραυγή τους˗ ανελέητος πόλεμος όσο στη γη θα υπάρχει ακόμα έστω και ένα αφεντικό, έστω και ένας εκμεταλλευτής. Αναρχία σημαίνει ακατάπαυστη, αδιάκοπη εξέγερση, ενάντια σε κάθε κατεστημένη τάξη• πόλεμος ενάντια σε κάθε κρατική αρχή, που διεξάγεται με όλους τους δυνατούς τρόπους και με όλες τις δυνατές μορφές: με το γραπτό λόγο και κάθε άλλο μέσο έκφρασης, με τις πράξεις περιφρόνησης και εχθρότητας και προπάντων με τα όπλα.

— Είναι από το κείμενο του Ιταλού αναρχοκομμουνιστή Κάρλο #Καφιέρο “Επανάσταση”, Αναρχία και Κομμουνισμός.