The Red International of Labour Unions (RILU) 1920-1937 /

The Red International of Labour Unions (RILU) 1920-1937 / / by Reiner Tosstorff ; translated by Ben Fowkes.

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The 'Red International of Labour Unions' (RILU, Russian abbreviation Profintern) was a central instrument for the spreading of international communism during the inter-war period. This comprehensive and scholarly history of the organisation, based on extensive research in the former commun...

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Superior document:Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume 120
VerfasserIn:
Tosstorff, Reiner,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, [Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2004.
©2004
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Series:Historical materialism book series ; Volume 120.
Physical Description:1 online resource (936 p.)
Notes:Translated from the German.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • From Trade Union Internationalism to the International Federation of Trade Unions
  • In Search of a Revolutionary Trade Union International
  • The International Trade Union Council (1920–1)
  • The Founding Congress of the Red International of Labour Unions
  • From the First to the Second Congress of the RILU
  • The United Front That Didn’t Happen in 1923: The Role of the RILU
  • The RILU between 1924 and 1927: In Danger of Dissolution for the Sake of International Trade Union Unity
  • The RILU in the Context of the ‘Ultra-Left’ Policy of International Communism 1928–34
  • The End of the Road: The RILU from 1934–7
  • Conclusion
  • Lozovsky and the Bolsheviks before 1920: A Biographical Sketch
  • Biographies of Other Leading Figures
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Main Figures.

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