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Germany 1923: Crucible of world revolution

First published at Spectre.

The ‘German October’ of 1923: A failed bid for workers’ power

By John Riddell&

Triumph, disarray, defeat – German workers 1918-1933

Berlin Nov

Ian Birchall on John Riddell's 'To the masses': Essential resource on communism's early years

Germany, 1918-1923: the fire and the spirit of revolution

The German Revolution of 1918-1923 not only saw the collapse of the monarchy, but the real possibility

When Karl Liebknecht said ‘no’ to World War I

Karl Liebknecht.

Communist resistance in Nazi Germany

Historian Doug Enaa Greene, as part of the Center for Marxist Education's Red History Lecture Series, speaks on "Commun

Weighing the legacy of Lenin’s Comintern: John Riddell replies to Paul Kellogg

Lenin A

Clara Zetkin en la boca del lobo: frente único y feminismo en el III congreso de la Comintern

Clara Zetkin

Clara Zetkin in the lion’s den: Workers’ unity and feminism at a Comintern congress

Clara Zetkin

Luxemburg, Lenin, Levi: Rethinking revolutionary history

Part 1. John Riddell. Parts 2 and 3 below.

The talented and reviled Mr Pepper (Comintern agent)

A Communist Odyssey: The Life of József Pogány/John Pepper