KAPD
Kommunistische Arbeiter-Partei Deutschlands (Communist Workers Party of Germany), a councilist split from the Communist Party in 1920 who would be instrumental in defining the German-Dutch model of left communism.
The KAPD’s report on the third congress of the Communist International
Report presented at the meeting of the KAPD Central Committee on July 31, 1921, by a KAPD delegate to the Third Congress of the Third International.
Comrades!
Program of the AAUD
Program of the General Workers' Union of Germany, adopted at their third national conference in Leipzig, December 12-14, 1920.
Introduction
The Communist Left and the resolutions of the second congress of the Communist International - Henriette Roland-Holst
Dutch communist Roland-Holst argues against using the objective and subjective conditions of the Russian Revolution as a model for revolution in the Western countries.
The consequences of the decisions reached in Moscow are more complicated for the left communist groups.
Interventions by the KAPD at the 3rd Congress of the Communist International (1921), parts 1-5; Part Five: Declaration Presented at the Conclusion of the Interventions of the KAPD
Declaration presented at the conclusion of the interventions by delegates of the KAPD at the Third Congress of the Communist International in 1921.
We protest with extreme firmness the attempt to put us in the same sack as the Dittmanns and Serratis by means of some quotations taken out of context.
Interventions by the KAPD at the 3rd Congress of the Communist International (1921), parts 1-5; Part Four: Discussion of Lenin's Report on the Tactics of the Russian Communist Party
Interventions by delegates of the KAPD at the Third Congress of the Communist International in 1921 in response to Lenin's report on the tactics of the Russian Communist Party
HEMPEL(Jan Appel): It is first necessary that I ask something of comrade Radek who is apparently absent (cries: he is there). I ask comrade Radek to spare us his jokes in identifying us with the Mensheviks, because these jokes when they become repeated often become ridiculous.
Interventions by the KAPD at the 3rd Congress of the Communist International (1921), parts 1-5; Part Three: Discussion of Trotsky's Report on the World Economic Situation
Interventions by delegates of the KAPD at the Third Congress of the Communist International in response to Trotsky's report on the world economic situation.
SACHS(Alexander Schwab): The expositions that I have to give here do not simply concern comrade Trotsky's discourse here; they concern, all the same, if not more so, the theses that he jointly presented with comrade Varga.
Interventions by the KAPD at the 3rd Congress of the Communist International (1921), parts 1-5; Part Two: Discussion of Zinoviev's Report on the Trade Union Question
Intervention by delegates of the KAPD at the Third Congress of the Communist International in 1921 in response to Grigory Zinoviev's report on the trade union question.
BERGMANN (MEYER): Comrades, yesterday, in his report, comrade Zinoviev insisted on the fact that the question of attitude vis-a-vis the trade unions has a preponderant importance for the development, for the progress of the revolution.
Interventions by the KAPD at the 3rd Congress of the Communist International (1921), parts 1-5. Part One: Discussion about Radek's Report on the Tactics of the International
Interventions by members of the KAPD at the Third Congress of the Communist International in 1921 in reply to Karl Radek's presentation on the tactics the CI should employ.
HEMPEL (Jan Appel): Comrades!
Schneider, Ernst Wilhelm 1883-1946??1970??) Aka Ikarus, Icarus
A short biography of the German revolutionary seaman Ernst Schneider
Born in Königsberg in Prussia (now the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad) on 23rd July 1883 Ernst Schneider was a harbour worker and seaman (steersman).
Theses on the Role of the Party in the Proletarian Revolution (KAPD, 1921)
The KAPD’s Theses on the Party were written in July 1921 to be discussed not only in the party but within the Communist International.
1. It is the historical task of the proletarian revolution to bring the disposal of the wealth of the earth into the hands of the working masses, to put an end to the private ownership of the means of production, thus rendering impossible the existence of a separate, exploiting, ruling class.
