Introduction to the KAPD

Communist Workers' Party of Germany (Kommunistischen Arbeiter-Partei Deutschlands, KAPD), 1920-?
Founded in 1920, the KAPD was a left-wing, more radical council communist split from the German Communist Party (KPD).
Members: Herman Gorter, Paul Mattick, Otto Ruhle

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Kommunistische Arbeiter-Partei Deutschlands (KAPD)

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