Pannekoek based his theory on what he regarded as the practical lessons of the 1917 Russian Revolution .
Pannekoek argued that the workers ' revolution and the transition from capitalism to communism had to be achieved by the workers themselves , democratically organised in workers ' councils .
Basing his theory on what he regarded as the practical lessons of the 1917 Russian Revolution , Pannekoek argued that the workers ' revolution and the transition from capitalism to communism had to be achieved by the workers themselves , democratically organised in workers ' councils .