Dual Power in the 20th Century

At its core, dual power is about creating a counter power against the state. It can take many forms from tenente unions to debtors councils and land occupations. These organizations seek to build autonomy from and against capitalism. In the state alone, they are no match for the state’s ra power to inflict violence and corporate control over our resources. But by joining together to form federations,. pooling their resources and expertise to coordinate efforts, they can become a powerful enough force to challenge the state both directly and indirectly. The means of creating the new world are thus the same as the ends. Their long term goal is to replace the state and the corporation with free and autonomous forms of