MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History January 2, 1873: Anton Pannekoek (1873-1960) was born on this date. He was a Dutch astronomer, mathematician and radical left-communist. Among other works, he published the pamphlet “Darwinism and Marxism,” 1916, which strongly attacked the social Darwinists, like Spencer, and their racist, eugenicist ideology. He also wrote the classic, “Workers Councils” and was one of the founders of the Council Communism movement, along with Otto Ruhle, of Germany. He was a sharp critic of Lenin and authoritarianism. Lenin attacked the Council Communists in his pamphlet, “Left Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pannekoek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pannekoek</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/councilcommunism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>councilcommunism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ottoruhle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ottoruhle</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workerscouncils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workerscouncils</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/socialdarwinism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialdarwinism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>