Germany
The Wilhelmshaven Revolt, 1918-1919 - Ikarus
The Wilhelmshaven Revolt - A Chapter of the Revolutionary Movement in the German Navy, 1918-1919, by 'Ikarus' - real name Ernst Schneider
We append to the text an introduction written by Dave Graham, for historical and biographical background information, and a short biography of Ernst Schneider.
The Peasant War in Germany
The 1848 uprisings in Germany put Engels in mind of the last great peasant rebellions of of 1500s. As he would later write: "The parallel between the German Revolution of 1525 and that of 1848-49 was too obvious to be altogether ignored at that time."
Destruction As A Means Of Struggle
Prompted by the burning of the Reichstag in 1933 - by Marinus van der Lubbe, a council communist bricklayer and other possible accomplices - Pannekoek debates the value of destroying the products of bourgeois culture.
Otto Ruhle and the German Labour Movement - by Paul Mattick
Paul Mattick critically analyses Otto Rühle's role in the German Revolution.
Nazism and the Working Class - Sergio Bologna
Italian autonomist Sergio Bologna discusses the rise of Nazism and its relationship to the German working class.
NAZISM AND THE WORKING CLASS - 1933-93
by Sergio Bologna
translated by Ed Emery
[Paper presented at the Milan Camera del Lavoro, 3 June 1993]
The German Crisis
From: Bakunin's Writings, Guy A. Aldred Modern Publishers, Indore Kraus Reprint co. New York 1947
THE GERMAN CRISIS
(1870)
Whosoever mentions the State, implies force, oppression, exploitation, injustice-all these brought together as a system are the main condition of present-day society. The State has never had, and never can have, a morality. Its only morality and justice is its own interest, its existence, and its omnipotence at any price; and before its interest, all interest of humanity must stand in the back-ground. The State is the negation of Humanity. It is this in two ways: the opposite of human freedom and human justice (internally), as well as the forcible disruption of the common solidarity of mankind (externally).
The Revolution Is Not A Party Affair - Otto Rühle
Otto Rühle. "Parliamentarism appeared with the domination of the bourgeoisie. Political parties appeared with parliament."
In parliaments the bourgeois epoch found the historical arena of its first contentions with the crown and nobility. It organised itself politically and gave legislation a form corresponding to the needs of capitalism. But capitalism is not something homogeneous. The various strata and interest groups within the bourgeoisie each developed demands with differing natures.
Fascism / Anti-Fascism - Gilles Dauvé
An analysis of the liberal and leftist obsessions with fascism and anti-fascism, and the role of workers in opposing it internationally.
Totalitarianism & Fascism
Kirschey, Helmut, 1913-2003
A short biography of Helmut Kirschey, who was probably the last surviving German anarchist to have fought with the Durruti Column in the Spanish Civil War.
Helmut Kirchey was born 22nd January 1913 in Elberfeld. His father was an active member of the Social Democratic Party, who died on the front in 1917. Hunger affected the family, with Helmut’s mother seeking work in France.
Landauer, Gustav, 1870-1919
A short biography of German revolutionary Gustav Landauer, who was killed in the crushing of the German Revolution.
Landauer grew up in a prosperous and assimilated family in Germany. He became a radical as a university student and by age 21 he became the editor of a journal, The Socialist. Despite its name, Landauer espoused an anarchist philosophy that he learned and adapted from the French thinker, Pierre Proudhon and the Russian thinker, Peter Kropotkin.
