1. Since I've been complaining about Marxist critiques of anarchism let's do an anarchist critique of a Marxist concept. My problem with the dictatorship of the proletariat as a concept in Marxist theory is that the "socialist" state resolutely

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2. fails to produce one. The proletariat can only hold power as a class if it rules directly as a class, unmediated and unrepresented by buffer classes. The only forms that actually produce this are the workers council or the anarchist federation

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3. because through them the class as a whole makes decisions for itself. This obviously to the extent that it’s necessary is a transitory phase, the goal of communism is to abolish the proletariat itself. But insofar as there is the necessity for

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4. the dictatorship of the proletariat the class, IN ITS ENTIRETY, must rule directly. This is what the Marxists fail to realize. The seizure of state power by the Party does not create a dictatorship of the proletariat, it produces a

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5. dictatorship of the Party. AT BEST the Party is a political representation of the proletariat. But it is not, and can never be, the class itself. This problem intensifies when the Party takes power. The proletariat is defined by its

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