Lower-stage communism

In 198X, the ??th World Congress of the Communist International declared the transition to a economy in which [???]. Also known in the capitalist bloc the 80's Shift or in the communist bloc as Communization, the transition was a turning point in the Cold War and to the societies of the Comintern as a whole.

Name
(: Переход 80-х, perehod 80'h, : 80er Jahre Übergang, : Cambio de los 1980s) (: 共產過渡 gòngchǎn guòdù, : kongsan chŏni, : 共産への移行 kyōsan e no ikō)

Theoretical bases
Lower-stage Communism is a historical phase of the socialist mode of production based on the principle of production for use (that is, the direct satisfaction of human needs and economic demands) rather than production for profit. The distribution of goods is based upon the concept of "to each according to his contribution", made possible through the change in social relations by the proletariat effectively controlling the means of production.

Early tests
During the Soviet Revolutionary War the Bolshevik government implemented the War Communism policy, abolishing money and all property. This policy was created for pragmatic reasons, with the aim ofbrationing production for the war.

In 1939, Howard Scott conducted a pilot study on labor vouchers in Minneapolis, which lasted a month. A year later Scott would sponsor a draft program introduced in the Congress of Soviets by Paul Mattick and the Internationalist Fraction which would implement a variant of War Communism. However, despite broad support in the CEC, the proposal was withdrawn due to concerns over growing tensions in Europe.