IDEOLOGY PROFILE / SOCIALISM

Council Communism.

Advocates workers’ councils as the basis of socialist governance and rejects rule by a centralized party over workers.

SocialismMarxismLibertarian Socialism

AT A GLANCE

Defining principles

01Workers’ councils

02Opposition to party substitution for worker rule

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THE PROFILE

How this tradition is modeled

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You Council Communism

Political economy

Private property0

Market exchange8

Economic planning68

Redistribution90

Worker control100

State ownership25

Class politics100

Institutions

Political pluralism78

Centralization8

Direct democracy100

Local autonomy93

Culture & change

Structural rupture100

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YOUR PROFILE

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THE DISTINCTIONS

Compare with another ideology

Council Communismvs.

A tradition of analysis centered on class relations, capitalism, and the prospect of a classless society; its institutional interpretations differ.

State ownership

Council Communism 25Marxism 73

Worker control

Council Communism 100Marxism 80

Market exchange

Council Communism 8Marxism 22

Structural rupture

Council Communism 100Marxism 93

Redistribution

Council Communism 90Marxism 85

Numbers indicate model positions on a 0–100 scale, not a moral ranking or measure of certainty.