The Dutch and German Communist Left (1900-1968)

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).

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

Acknowledgements ... ixIllustrations ... xiIntroduction ... 1Part 1: From Tribunism to Communism (1900-18)1 Origins and Formation of the 'Tribunist' Current (1900-14) ... 112 Pannekoek and 'Dutch' Marxism in the Second International ... 823 The Dutch Tribunist Current and the First World-War (1914-18) ... 132Part 2: The Dutch Communist Left and the World-Revolution (1919-27)4 The Dutch Left in the Comintern (1919-20) ... 1775 Gorter, the kapd and the Foundation of the Communist Workers' International (1921-7) ... 226Part 3: The gic from 1927 to 1940Introduction to Part 3: The Group of International Communists: From Left-Communism to Council-Communism ... 2776 The Birth of the gic (1927-33) ... 2927 Towards a New Workers' Movement? The Record of Council-Communism (1933-5) ... 3278 Towards State-Capitalism: Fascism, Anti-Fascism, Democracy, Stalinism, Popular Fronts and the 'Inevitable War' (1933-9) ... 3809 The Dutch Internationalist Communists and the Events in Spain (1936-7) ... 407Part 4: Council-Communism during and after the War (1939-68)10 From the 'Marx-Lenin-Luxemburg Front' to the Communistenbond Spartacus (1940-42) ... 43111 The Communistenbond Spartacus and the Council-Communist Current (1942-68) ... 456Conclusion ... 517Works Cited ... 533Further Reading ... 550Addresses of Archival Centres ... 614Acronyms ... 615Index ... 622