On the website INTER-REV, Spanish council communist Aníbal critiqued the article by IDA (Initiative Demokratische Arbeitszeitrechnung/Initiative for Democratic Labour-Time Accounting) entitled Syndicalism and Labour-Time Accounting. In response, IDA has published an article by Brazilian communist Rafael Vertamatti that defends IDA’s labour-time economy proposal from Aníbal’s criticisms.
A summary of the article can be found below:
Recently, we published a longer article on “Syndicalism and Labour-Time Accounting.” It was sharply criticized by Aníbal, a council communist writer. According to him, our approach is reformist: “In short, what IDA advocates stands in opposition to communism and particularly to two of its finest expressions: the KAPD and the GIC, council communists.” This criticism from Aníbal is not new. He has criticized us in similar terms on several previous occasions. Fortunately, another voice has now entered the discussion. Rafael Verta, a writer and activist from Brazil, took the initiative to contribute to the debate and enrich it with additional arguments. He defends our position that it is worthwhile to begin gaining practical experience with labour-time accounting here and now. We reproduce his contribution below.
You can read IDA’s article on Syndicalism and Labour-Time Accounting here (in German), Aníbal’s critique in Spanish and in English here and Rafael Vertamatti’s response in English here, in German here and in Spanish here.