TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weipert,Axel
AU  - Zurowski, Maciej
TI  - The Second revolution:  the Council movement in Berlin 1919-20 
T2  - Historical Materialism Book Series
SN  - 9789004546486
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Rätebewegung
KW  - gnd
KW  - Berlin
N1  - Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources; E-Book / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal
N2  - 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; 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004546486
ER  -