Kommunistische Arbeiter-Partei Deutschlands (KAPD)

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

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…

A poster from the KAPD against parliamentarism

On the Founding of the KAPD

Detailed information, including first hand reports on the founding in 1920 of the KAPD (Kommunistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands - Communist…

Appeal to the Proletariat of Germany!

Report from Moscow, 3rd International congress, 1920 - Otto Ruhle

Introduction to the KAPD

Otto Rühle

Otto Ruhle and the German labour movement - Paul Mattick

Paul Mattick critically analyses Otto Rühle's role in the German Revolution.

Manifesto of the German Anti Parliamentarians to the Proletariat of the World