Kommunistische Arbeiter-Partei Deutschlands (KAPD)

Content by or about the Kommunistische Arbeiter-Partei Deutschlands (Communist Workers Party of Germany; KAPD).

The Leuna Works

The Easter Uprising in Mansfeld (Franz Jung’s reminiscences of the March Action)

The following text is a translation of Franz Jung’s recollections of and reflections on the March…

The Leuna Works

Franz Jung’s reflections on the March Action

The file below is a transcribed (German) version of an excerpt taken from Jung’s memoirs. Originally published as part of his autobiography "Der…

Techonology

Machine Slavery or Technology?

Article by Jan Appel where he critiques the production method and underlying forms of technology under capitalism. It also critiques the Russian…

Max Bauer

The Fascist Colonel Bauer and the Bolsheviks

Short text by the KAPD on the collaboration between Colonel Max Bauer, a leader of the far-right Kapp Putsch, and the Bolsheviks which came into…

Left Opposition

Myasnikov on the Trotskyists

Letter from the Russian Council Communist Gavril Myasnikov to the French Council Communist Group L' Ouvrier Communiste regarding the Trotskyist…

Collective bargaining

The Battle for Collective Bargaining Rights: The Trade Unions' Prophecy of Doom

Short article by the KAPD analysing the collective bargaining rights between trade unions and…

Jan Appel

Jan Appel on the Unemployment Issue

Short presentation by Jan Appel on the Unemployment Issue at the 1921 Berlin Extraordinary Public Party Congress of the KAPD. This text also…

KAPD First Congress

Against National Bolshevism. Against Hamburg Tendency!

A collections of the interventions and opinions of various party members at the First Ordinary Party…

German Revolution

Guidelines for Reconnaissance, Liaison, Security, Support of Combat Organizations (KO)

A follow-up of the previous document regarding the statutes of the KOs. This text, which was also…

German Revolution

Statutes for the Combat Organizations (KO) of the KAPD

Presented at the founding congress of the KAPD, this document talks about codes that the less-known…

Nation and International

Nation and International

Short pamphlet by the Council Communist and KAPD foreman Arthur Goldstein against the idea of "federation of free nations" of the National…

Für die Betriebsorganisationen by Franz Wilhelm Seiwert

Bourgeois and Proletarian Organization

Short text from the KAPD Berlin about the importance of "form of organization" in the proletarian revolution. This criticizes the well known…