Herman Gorter

Online archive of content by and about Herman Gorter (26 November 1864 – 15 September 1927), a Dutch poet and council communist theoretician best known for his Open letter to comrade Lenin, A reply to “‘left-wing’ communism, an infantile disorder”.

Herman Gorter

Herman Gorter

The Workers' Dreadnought (Vol. 07 No. 07 - 8 May 1920)

Including: Ireland: The achilles heel of England by Herman Gorter, May Labour Day in London, South…

The Workers' Dreadnought (Vol. 07 No. 05 - 24 April 1920)

Including: Herman Gorter's The Basis of Communism continued, memories of Rosa Luxemberg and Leo…

The Workers' Dreadnought (Vol. 07 No. 04 - 17 April 1920)

Including: the basis of communism by Herman Gorter, Sylvia Pankhurst on co-operative societies and…

The Workers' Dreadnought (Vol. 08 No. 32 - 22 October 1921)

Including: open letter from Sylvia Pankhurst to George Bernard Shaw on Labour Party unemployment…

The Workers' Dreadnought (Vol. 07 No. 51 - 12 March 1921)

Including: the economics of food and drink, communism for children, socialism in danger continued,…

V. Conclusion

The final section of Herman Gorter's "Open Letter to Comrade Lenin".

IV. Opportunism in the Third International

Fourth section of Herman Gorter's "Open Letter to Comrade Lenin".

III. Parliamentarianism

The third section of Herman Gorter's "Open Letter to Comrade Lenin".

II. The Question of the Trade Unions

The second section of Herman Gorter's "Open Letter to Comrade Lenin".

I. Introduction

The first section of Herman Gorter's "Open Letter to Comrade Lenin".

Introduction by Wildcat

Wildcat's 1989 introduction to Herman Gorter's "Open Letter to Comrade Lenin".

Introduction to the Antagonism Press reprint

Antagonism's introduction to their reprint of Herman Gorter's "Open letter to Comrade Lenin". From circa late 1990s.