Kommunistische Arbeiter-Partei Deutschlands (KAPD)

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

Theses on the role of the party in the proletarian revolution - KAPD

The KAPD’s Theses on the Party were written in July 1921 to be discussed not only in the party but…

Schwab, Alexander aka Sachs, 1887 -1943

A short biography of council communist and organiser of underground networks, Alexander Schwab, who died in a Nazi concentration camp.

Alfred Weiland

Weiland, Alfred, 1906-1978

A short biography of council communist, organiser of underground network, Alfred Weiland, kidnapped by the East German state in the post war…

Lenin’s Infantile Disorder. . .and the Third International - Franz Pfempfert

Franz Pfempfert comments on Lenin's infamous pamphlet, Left-Wing" Communism: An Infantile Disorder.

Herman Gorter

The lessons of the “March action” - Herman Gorter

The Lessons of the “March Action” - Gorter’s last letter to Lenin

Plakat der KPD zur Reichstagswahl vom 6. Juni 1920.

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

May 1920 programme of the party, with appended background and information notes

René Riesel, left, with Daniel Cohn-Bendit.

Preliminaries on councils and councilist organization - René Riesel

A look at workers' councils and the historical contexts in which they were created. A useful…

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

A former member of the anti-parliamentary, councilist KAPD describes his…

Rosa Luxemburg

Anti-Bolshevist Communism in Germany - Paul Mattick

The council-communist Paul Mattick looks back at the German revolution he participated in.

Max Hoelz

Hoelz, Max, 1889-1933

A short biography of German communist Max Hoelz, known as the Red Robin Hood for his daring acts expropriating from the rich to distribute to…

Appel, Jan, 1890-1985

A short autobiography of Jan Appel, aka Jan Arndt, a German libertarian communist and shipyard worker who most famously hijacked a steam ship to…

Lenin addresses the third congress of the Comintern, June 28, July 1 or 5 1921

Meetings in the Kremlin in Moscow 1921 - interview with Bernhard Reichenbach

An interview conducted in 1964 with former KAPD (Communist Workers Party of Germany) member Bernhard…