Factory councils aimed to merge economics and politics through workers’ control

Evidence

Th e factory councils embodied such a methodological revolution. Councils united workers of all ranks as thinkers and producers— to control production, to end private ownership of the means of production and wage relations, and to bridge the divide between economics and politics in order to give true force to economic democracy. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 581

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Works councils failed to dominate as workers’ representatives by the late 1950s — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2072; Workers support board-level participation once representatives explain its directive power. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2074; British miners’ unions demanded nationalization and workers’ control as inseparable — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 402 (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• Factory councils were designed to fuse economics and politics in proletarian self-government #corroborates (1.00) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 534
• Rank-and-file shop committees turned strikes into organs of workers’ control #exemplifies (0.78) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 475
• Worker-selected factory commissars replaced union-picked appointees in Turin’s councils #expands (0.75) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1675