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Kautsky, Luxemburg, and Lenin in Light of the German Revolution
What can socialists today learn from Karl Kautsky? To answer this question, we need to see how his theories held ... -
The Politics of Red Rosa
On January 15, 1919, a group of Freikorps (German paramilitaries) murdered Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht. What they could not ... -
Communism Made in Germany
100 years ago, Germany was an epicenter of communism. The Communist Party of Germany (KPD) had up to 300,000 members. ... -
100 Years Ago in Berlin: The Bitter Lesson of a Defeat
The Social Democrats and the military prepared to crush the revolution. A big majority of the working class desired socialism ... -
100 Years Ago in Berlin: Revolution and Counterrevolution in Germany
In the first days of the German Revolution, workers’ and soldiers’ councils formed across Germany. The Social Democrats allied with ... -
100 Years Ago in Berlin: German Revolutionaries Step on the Grass
According to an old joke, Germans will never make a revolution because that would require stepping on the grass. Yet ... -
‘The Workers Invented a Concept for Socialist Transformation’
On November 9, 1918, the revolution began in Germany. We spoke with historian Ralf Hoffrogge about the role of the ... -
Karl Kautsky: From Pope to Renegade
In the last few years, there has been a revival of interest in Kautsky's politics in both academia and on ... -
How Did the Extreme Right Get 13 Percent in the German Elections?
Image: Now the End Begins On Sunday, Germany’s two main parties suffered a terrible defeat. Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU got ... -
The Established Parties Can’t Stop the Shift to the Right
This Sunday, 61.5 million people in Germany are called on to elect a new parliament. A greater share of the ...