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After the Revolution
by Diego Abad de Santillan	04 Sep 2005
"..in facing the problem of social transformation, the Revolution cannot consider the state as a medium, but must depend on the organisation of producers. We have followed this norm and we find no need for the hypothesis of a superior power to organised labour, in order to establish a new order of things. We would thank anyone to point out to us what function, if any, the State can have in an economic organisation, where private property has been abolished and in which parasitism and special privilege have no place. The suppression of the State cannot be a languid affair; it must be the task of the Revolution to finish with the State. Either the Revolution gives social wealth to the producers in which case the producers organise themselves for due collective distribution and the State has nothing to do; or the Revolution does not give social wealth to the producers, in which case the Revolution has been a lie and the State would continue. Our federal council of economy is not a political power but an economic and administrative regulating power. It receives its orientation from below and operates in accordance with the resolutions of the regional and national assemblies. It is a liaison corps and nothing else."
Published 1937 by Greenberg Publisher Facsimile edition published 1996 by Jura Media, Sydney, Australia Part 1: A General Survey The Essential Factors of Production Work and Bread for Everybody The Population of Spain and its Disribution A Society of Producers and Consumers Social and Economic Iniquity Part 2: The New Structure Organisation of Work Council of Foodstuffs Branch Council of Construction Industries Council of the Clothing Industries Council of Agriculture Council of Livestock Production Council of Forestry Council of Mining and Fishing Industries Council of Public Utilities Industries Council of Transport Industry Council of Communications Council of Chemical Industries Council of Sanitation Council of Metallurgical Industries Local Council of Economy Regional Councils of Economy Federal Council of Economy Council of Credit and Exchange Council of Publishing and Cultural Activities Part 3: The Revolution of Liberty Economy and Liberty The Libertarian Revolution Spain and the Revolution