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  1. The Anarchist Collectives
    Workers' Self-Management in the Spanish Revolution 1936-1939
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1974
    Examines the experiments in workers' self-management, both urban and rural, which took place in Spain during the revolution and Civil War.
  2. Blocking Progress 
    Consensus Decision Making In The Anti-Nuclear Movement
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1983
    Howard Ryan maintains that consensus is wrong in principle and in practice: "The problem is not so much that individuals are being irresponsible or somehow abusing the consensus process. The problem lies in giving individuals that kind of power in the first place. Consensus turns majority rule into minority rule. That's not democracy."
  3. Bureau of Public Secrets 
    Resource Type: Website
    Articles from a Situationist perspective.
  4. Clearness
    Processes for Supporting Individuals and Groups in Decision-Making
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1976
  5. The collective decides...
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1991
    The obsession with 'process politics' leads to an obsession with all aspects of internal structure and its working. As a result, the collective can often lose sight of its larger political objectives and the primacy of the form of organisation over the political objectives it was set up to meet. This often occurs in two stages. At the outset the collective process is regarded as equally important to whatever political purposes the group might have. Later the process itself often comes to be seen as of primary importance
  6. Collectives in Spain
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1938   Published: 1945
    A contemporary account of the Spanish Anarchist movements during the 1930's by Gaston Leval, a prominent anarcho-syndicalist. Attention focuses on the roles of "agrarian socialism" and education in the revolution.
  7. Collectives in the Spanish Revolution
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1971   Published: 1975
  8. Connexions
    Volume 11, Number 1 - Spring 1987 - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1987
  9. Connexions
    Volume 8, Number 2 - Summer 1983 - Toward a New Economy
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1983
  10. Connexions
    Volume 6, Number 4 - November 1981 - Unorganized Workers/Travailleurs Non-Organises
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1981
  11. Connexions
    Volume 3, Number 5 - September 1978
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1978
  12. Connexions Digest
    Issue 53 - January 1991- A Social Change Sourcebook
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1991
  13. The Conquest of Bread
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1906
    A discussion of collectivism and the need to abolish representative government, and monetary systems.
  14. Continuous Excursions
    Politics and Personal Life
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1982
    Colman looks at the idea that 'the personal is political'. He looks at personal life in pre-capitalist societies, the nature of politics and social relations, patriarchy and sexual relations, intimacy and personal life, indviduality and public life.
  15. Historical Survey of Communities in Toronto
    New Communities and the Institutional Church
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1975
    A review of the phenomenon of community in the city in the sixties and seventies.
  16. Meeting Collectively
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1983
    The Connexions collective describes its way of holding meetings and recent changes to its meeting process.
  17. 1978 Directory of International Communities, Cooperatives, Collectives and Communes
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1978
  18. No Bosses Here!
    A Manual on Working Collectively and Cooperatively
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1981
    A perceptive and practical guide to working in a collective.
  19. One Vote for Democracy 
    Consensus vs. democracy
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1986
    Makes the case that the democratic model is better than the consensus model for activist group decision-making.
  20. The Red Menace 
    A libertarian socialist newsletter
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1975   Published: 1980
    Articles on topics such as socialism, Marxism, anarchism, work, popular education, organizing, wages for housework, Leninism, bureaucracy, hierarchy, jargon, prostitution, obscenity, science fiction, and terrorism.
  21. Resource Manual for A Living Revolution 
    A Handbook of Skills & Tools for Social Change Activists
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1977   Published: 1985
    A manual for people who are concerned or angered by the deterioration of our society and who, because they have some sense that their efforts can have an effet for change, are looking for tools to transform it. It is a working reference for those who are prepared to act to create a better life for themselves and others.
  22. The Tyranny of Structurelessness 
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1970
    Unstructured groups may be very effective in getting women to talk about their lives; they aren't very good for getting things done. It is when people get tired of 'just talking' and want to do something more that the groups flounder, unless they change the nature of their operation.
  23. Untying the Knot
    Resource Type: Book
  24. What is Consensus?
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1984
    Consensus evolved from the meeting process of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). It is a non-violent way for people to relate to each other as and in a group. Successful use of a consensus process depends on people understanding the idea and wanting to use it.
  25. Worker Cooperatives in America
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1984
    A historical background of worker cooperatives as well as a contemporary discussion of small and large co-ops.
  26. Working Collectively
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1984   Published: 1985
    A handbook for people wishing to form collectives, or established collectives seeking solutions to problems such as power imbalances, conflict meditation, and setting priorities.
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