The Commons and Communism

Published: Sept. 6, 2023, noon

b'What is the relationship between things held in Common \\u2014 from rivers and forests, to traditions of sharing and mutual aid \\u2014 and communism? How should we understand the connection between the Commons within class society and life after capitalism? Historian Peter Linebaugh weighs in on the history of the idea of Communism, the very different history of enclosure, and the influence of the Commons and egalitarian indigenous ideas on the work of Karl Marx. \\nThe post The Commons and Communism appeared first on KPFA.'