Free soviets were the basic form of organization in the Makhnovshchina. These soviets acted independently from any central authority, excluding all political parties from participation, and met to self-manage the activities of workers and peasants through participatory democracy.[1]
The soviets acted as the local organs of self-governance and federated together up to the regional and national levels, resulting in the relatively horizontal organization of the soviets. However, the conditions of the war meant that the Soviet model could only be implemented at scale during "periods of relative peace and territorial stability", as the populace was largely concerned with securing food or staying safe from the advancing armies.[2]
Freesoviets were the basic form of organization in the Makhnovshchina. These soviets acted independently from any central authority, excluding all political...
completely restructure Ukrainian society along the lines of "freesoviets". These soviets, independent of all political parties, began to be set up by...
People's Deputies based somewhat on the Congresses of Soviets that preceded the Supreme Soviets. The soviets until then were largely rubber-stamp institutions...
workers' soviets would elect representatives that go on to form regional soviets, which in turn elect representatives that form higher soviets, and so...
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (May 3, 2002). "Ida Milgrom, 94, Dies; Helped Free a Son Held by Soviets". The New York Times. Dennis McLellan (May 4, 2002). "Ida Milgrom...
the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922. They protected the operation of "freesoviets" and libertarian communes by the Makhnovshchina, an attempt to form a...
for transfer of power to the soviets. The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, pushed for communist revolution in the Soviets and on the streets, adopting...
The Irish soviets (Irish: Sóivéidí na hÉireann) were a series of self-declared soviets that formed in Ireland during the revolutionary period of the Irish...
"Power generates parasites. Long live Anarchy!" (Soviet) "All power to the soviets right now!" (Soviet) The black flag had been used by Ukrainian anarchists...
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (French: Tintin au pays des Soviets) is the first volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist...
The Palace of the Soviets (Russian: Дворец Советов, Dvorets Sovetov) was a project to construct a political convention center in Moscow on the site of...
September, the Soviets invaded Eastern Poland. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were soon forced to accept treaties that allowed the Soviets to establish military...
elaborated on the "freesoviets" as the basis of a "transitional period" towards libertarian communism. The VRS envisaged the "freesoviets" as laying the...
revolution"—demanded a series of reforms: reduction in Bolshevik power, newly elected soviets (councils) to include socialist and anarchist groups, economic freedom...
against the Bolshevik government, in order to establish a regime of freesoviets. It centred the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine as the nucleus...
Murmansk Oblast and the recently annexed lands invaded and occupied by the Soviets under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact with Nazi Germany; parts of Poland and...
Alexandre (2004). Nestor Makhno: Anarchy's Cossack, the struggle for freeSoviets in the Ukraine 1917-1921. Oakland, Ca. United States: AK Press. ISBN 978-1-902593-68-5...
mighty, free and independent Poland". Accordingly, Stalin stipulated that Polish government-in-exile demands were not negotiable, and the Soviets would...
Alexandre (2004) [1982]. Nestor Makhno–Anarchy's Cossack: The Struggle for FreeSoviets in the Ukraine 1917–1921. Translated by Sharkey, Paul. Oakland: AK Press...
meeting of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets proclaimed the establishment of the Russian Soviet Republic. The new Soviet authorities and the Central Powers...
Alexandre (2004) [1982]. Nestor Makhno–Anarchy's Cossack: The Struggle for FreeSoviets in the Ukraine 1917–1921. Translated by Sharkey, Paul. Oakland: AK Press...
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