The Dutch and German Communist Left (1900-1968) - 'Neither Lenin nor Trotsky nor Stalin! All Workers Must Think for Themselves.'

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

List of contents

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

About the author

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).

Summary

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

Foreword

Features in Historical Materialism

Promotion targeting left academic journals

Published to coincide with the annual Historical Materialism conference

Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagements

Product details

• Authors: Philippe Bourrinet, Phillipe Bourrinet, Bourrinet Philippe
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.04.2018
• EAN: 9781608468218
• ISBN: 978-1-60846-821-8
• Series: Historical Materialism; Historical Materialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Comparative Politics, General and world history, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Political ideologies and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions