council communism

Theses on the Role of the Party in the Proletarian Revolution (KAPD, 1921)

Beltov — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:34:24 +0000

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.

Schwab, Alexander aka Sachs, 1887 -1943

Battlescarred — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:39:02 +0000

Born on the 5th July 1887, at Stuttgart, Alexander Schwab was the son of a choir master. He studied at the Universities of Rostock, Jena, Heidelberg and Freiburg in philosophy, ancient languages, political economy and sociology. He was a member of the Free Students movement.

Weiland, Alfred, 1906-1978

Battlescarred — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:30:22 +0000

Alfred Weiland was born on 7th August 1906 in the Moabit district of Berlin. He apprenticed as a fitter. He later worked as a telegraph worker.

In 1925 he was for a short time a member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) which in Berlin had a more “left” outlook than elsewhere. Soon after he joined the communist KAPD and AAU.

Communism - Story of the Communist Party - Guy A. Aldred

Ret Marut — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:41:47 +0000

[b]Published during World War II, it illustrates how Russian political intervention in China and Europe served Russian foreign policy interests and so worked against the possibilities of proletarian revolution.

Lenin’s Infantile Disorder. . .and the Third International

Devrim — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:45:19 +0000

From the Bourgeois to the Proletarian Revolution - Otto Ruhle

catch — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:56:44 +0000

This online version taken from http://www.marxists.org

From the Bourgeois to the Proletarian Revolution

1 The Bourgeois Revolutions

Programme of the Communist Workers Party of Germany (KAPD), 1920

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:36:10 +0000

Preface

Council Communism & The Critique of Bolshevism

catch — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:20:44 +0000

Council Communism & The Critique of Bolshevism

Preliminaries on councils and councilist organization - René Riesel

daniel — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:30:45 +0000

Bernard Reichenbach:The KAPD in retrospect - An interview with a member of the Communist Workers Party of Germany

Ret Marut — Sun, 20 May 2007 00:38:47 +0000

Published in Revolutionary History, Vol. 5, No. 2 Spring 1994.

We have omitted the footnotes from this text as they are mainly short biographies of people in the text. This interview first appeared in Solidarity Vol. 6 no.2 when Reichanbach was a militant in the anti-parliamentary Left in Germany. He was interviewed by Rudi Dutschke (RH)