Philippe Bourrinet

The Dutch and German Communist Left (1900-1968)

'Neither Lenin Nor Trotsky Nor Stalin!' - 'All Workers Must Think for Themselves!'

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Produktbeschreibung

The most substantial history to date of the famous ultra-left’ tendency within the international Communist movement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haymarket Books
• Seitenzahl: 639
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 149mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 943g
• ISBN-13: 9781608468218
• ISBN-10: 1608468216
• Artikelnr.: 47743899

Autorenporträt

Philippe Bourrinet, Ph.D. (1988), Université Paris-Sorbonne, is an independent researcher in social history. He has published monographs, translations and articles on Left Communism in Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia, Russia and social movements (Hungary 1956), including Ante Ciliga 1898-1992 , Nazionalismo e comunismo in Jugoslavia (Graphos, 1996).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements ... ix
Illustrations ... xi
Introduction ... 1
Part 1: From Tribunism to Communism (1900-18)
1 Origins and Formation of the 'Tribunist' Current (1900-14) ... 11
2 Pannekoek and 'Dutch' Marxism in the Second International ... 82
3 The Dutch Tribunist Current and the First World-War (1914-18) ... 132
Part 2: The Dutch Communist Left and the World-Revolution (1919-27)
4 The Dutch Left in the Comintern (1919-20) ... 177
5 Gorter, the kapd and the Foundation of the Communist Workers'
International (1921-7) ... 226
Part 3: The gic from 1927 to 1940
Introduction to Part 3: The Group of International Communists: From
Left-Communism to Council-Communism ... 277
6 The Birth of the gic (1927-33) ... 292
7 Towards a New Workers' Movement? The Record of Council-Communism (1933-5)
... 327
8 Towards State-Capitalism: Fascism, Anti-Fascism, Democracy, Stalinism,
Popular Fronts and the 'Inevitable War' (1933-9) ... 380
9 The Dutch Internationalist Communists and the Events in Spain (1936-7)
... 407
Part 4: Council-Communism during and after the War (1939-68)
10 From the 'Marx-Lenin-Luxemburg Front' to the Communistenbond Spartacus
(1940-42) ... 431
11 The Communistenbond Spartacus and the Council-Communist Current
(1942-68) ... 456
Conclusion ... 517
Works Cited ... 533
Further Reading ... 550
Addresses of Archival Centres ... 614
Acronyms ... 615
Index ... 622

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Acknowledgements ... ix
Illustrations ... xi

Introduction ... 1

Part 1: From Tribunism to Communism (1900-18)

1 Origins and Formation of the 'Tribunist' Current (1900-14) ... 11
2 Pannekoek and 'Dutch' Marxism in the Second International ... 82
3 The Dutch Tribunist Current and the First World-War (1914-18) ... 132

Part 2: The Dutch Communist Left and the World-Revolution (1919-27)

4 The Dutch Left in the Comintern (1919-20) ... 177
5 Gorter, the kapd and the Foundation of the Communist Workers' International (1921-7) ... 226

Part 3: The gic from 1927 to 1940

Introduction to Part 3: The Group of International Communists: From Left-Communism to Council-Communism ... 277
6 The Birth of the gic (1927-33) ... 292
7 Towards a New Workers' Movement? The Record of Council-Communism (1933-5) ... 327
8 Towards State-Capitalism: Fascism, Anti-Fascism, Democracy, Stalinism, Popular Fronts and the 'Inevitable War' (1933-9) ... 380
9 The Dutch Internationalist Communists and the Events in Spain (1936-7) ... 407

Part 4: Council-Communism during and after the War (1939-68)

10 From the 'Marx-Lenin-Luxemburg Front' to the Communistenbond Spartacus (1940-42) ... 431
11 The Communistenbond Spartacus and the Council-Communist Current (1942-68) ... 456

Conclusion ... 517

Works Cited ... 533
Further Reading ... 550
Addresses of Archival Centres ... 614
Acronyms ... 615
Index ... 622