Communities Directory: Yanan Worker's Commune

Forming Formed: 2007

Yanan Worker's Commune

Montana,

United States

The Yanan Workers Commune is a project to create a rural egalitarian commune based on egalitarian, and socialist principles. We promote the ideas of a Universal World Spirit, as laid out by the great philosopher and inspirer of Dialectic philosophy, Georg Hegel. We are devoted to the philsophical ideas of Dialectical Materialism and the spiritual ideas of Georg Hegel. We believe that man must overcome both alienation from labor and alienation from spirit. Inspired by the ideas of Georg Hegel, Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Che Guevara and Mao Zedong, as well as the historical experiences of the Paris Commune, Russian, Chinese, Cuban,and Vietnamese socialist systems.

Our economic ideas are shaped by a personal study by Kamran Heiss, of economic conditions and political ideas int he modern People's Republic of China. Kamran Heiss visited the cities of Beijing, Xian, Shanghai as well as important rural regions of China, during the winter of 2006. During his extensive travels in China, Heiss also visited important historic locations such as Hunan, Anyuan and Yanan. This synthesis of the egalitarian values practiced at Yanan in the 1930s during the Chinese Revolution, as well as an understanding of the modern economic system of Socialist China, are a major foundation of the Yanan Worker's Commune. The roads to socialism being developed by Venezuela, Bolivia, Vietnam, Laos, Cuba, also are incorporated into the Yanan project.

The Organizing Committe of the Yanan Commune, have surveyed potential locations throughout the rural United States, and has identified several possible locations in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Minnesota. All who share our vision of egalitarian communitarian and socialist values are welcome to participate in this venture. This adventure promises to create economic prosperity and equality, as well as spiritual knowledge. It will help participators reach their highest human potential.

Website: http://wiki.ic.org/wiki/Yanan_Workers_Commune

Contact:

Kamran Heiss
New York United States

Last Updated:2/17/2008

Visitors Accepted

Population Open to new adults: Yes Open to new children: Yes Open to which gender(s): All genders welcome Age Focus: No Focus Age Restrictions: No	Government Decision Making: By consensus	Labor and Money Financial Style: Partial income sharing Labor Contribution: Expected
Land and Buildings Rural	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: 21-50% Share Community Meals: Nearly all meals Dietary Choice or Restrictions: Diet is up to each individual Dietary Practice: Omnivorous	Social Factors Which Spiritual Path(s): Eclectic (integrates pieces from many religions)

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