Factories without Bosses: Argentina's Experience with Worker-Run Enterprises

@article{Ranis2006FactoriesWB,
  title={Factories without Bosses: Argentina's Experience with Worker-Run Enterprises},
  author={Peter Ranis},
  journal={Labour},
  year={2006},
  volume={3},
  pages={11-24}
}
  • P. Ranis
  • Published 1 March 2006
  • Political Science
  • Labour
Only in community with others has each individual the means of cultivating his gifts in all directions; only in the community, therefore, is personal freedom possible. In the previous substitutes for the community, in the State, etc., personal freedom has existed only for the individuals who developed within the relationships of the ruling class, and only insofar as they were individuals of this class. The illusory community in which individuals have up till now combined, always took on an… 
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