The Second revolution : : the Council movement in Berlin 1919-20 /

The Second revolution : : the Council movement in Berlin 1919-20 / / Axel Weipert, translated by Maciej Zurowski.

The Berlin council movement of 1919-20 proves that there was a left alternative beyond Social Democracy and Stalinism in the German Revolution. Here, the movement is systematically analysed for the first time in all its diversity and on the basis of a broad range of sources.

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Superior document:Historical Materialism Book Series ; v.284
VerfasserIn:
Weipert, Axel,
TeilnehmendeR:
Żurowski, Maciej (Translator),
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill,, [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Historical Materialism Book Series
Physical Description:1 online resource (469 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • ‎Contents
  • ‎Foreword to the English Edition
  • ‎About the Author
  • ‎Abbreviations
  • ‎Introduction
  • ‎The Subject, Its Historical Context and Its Significance
  • ‎The Present State of Research
  • ‎Methodology and Sources
  • ‎Chapter 1. The March 1919 General Strike in Berlin
  • ‎The Course of Events - a Brief Outline
  • ‎Strikes in the Other Regions
  • ‎Objectives of the Leadership and Measures Taken
  • ‎Cross-Regional Coordination
  • ‎Pressure from below: The Rank and File of the Movement
  • ‎Official Strike Demands
  • ‎Scope and Capacity for Mobilisation
  • ‎Organisation of the Strike Movement
  • ‎Citizens' Council and General Strike
  • ‎The Role of the Media
  • ‎Street Fighting during the Strike
  • ‎The Response of the Governments
  • ‎Interim Conclusion
  • ‎Chapter 2. The Demonstration outside the Reichstag on 13 January 1920
  • ‎The Opposition Is Forming
  • ‎The Course of Events at the Demonstration
  • ‎Consequences
  • ‎Contradictory Interpretations
  • ‎The Role of the Security Police and Military
  • ‎Interim Conclusion
  • ‎Chapter 3. The Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch and the Council Movement
  • ‎Starting Shot from the Right: The Putsch
  • ‎Backlash from the Left: the General Strike in Germany and Berlin
  • ‎Workers' Organisations: For and against the Councils
  • ‎A Second Spring for the Councils? Reconstruction and Activities
  • ‎Interim Conclusion
  • ‎Chapter 4. The Revolutionary Central Office of Factory Councils
  • ‎Foundation and Organisational Structure
  • ‎Programme
  • ‎Rivalry with the Trade Unions
  • ‎Interim Conclusion
  • ‎Chapter 5. Pupil Councils
  • ‎A Special Case: Gustav Wyneken's Attempt at Reform
  • ‎The Starting Point: Vocational Schools and the Youth Workers' Movement
  • ‎Structure of the Pupil Councils
  • ‎The School Strike in the Summer of 1919
  • ‎Relationship to the 'Actual' Council Movement
  • ‎Interim Conclusion.
  • ‎Chapter 6. Unemployed Councils
  • ‎Unemployment in Berlin
  • ‎Organisational Development of the Unemployed Councils
  • ‎Objectives and Activities
  • ‎Relations with the Other Sections of the Workers' Movement
  • ‎Interim Conclusion
  • ‎Chapter 7. The 'Political Council of Intellectual Workers'
  • ‎Chapter 8. Women and the Council Movement
  • ‎Contemporary Reflections on the Integration of Women into the Councils
  • ‎Women in Council Practice
  • ‎Interim Conclusion
  • ‎Chapter 9. The Council Policies of the Left Parties and Trade Unions
  • ‎Origins and Contents of Article 165 of the Weimar Constitution and of the Factory Councils Act
  • ‎Free Trade Unions: General German Trade Union Federation, DMV and AfA
  • ‎SPD
  • ‎KPD
  • ‎USPD
  • ‎Interim Conclusion
  • ‎Chapter 10. Summary and Conclusion
  • ‎Aims and Concepts
  • ‎Organisational Structures
  • ‎Modes of Action
  • ‎Relationship to the State
  • ‎Council Movement and Revolution
  • ‎Bibliography
  • ‎Index.

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