Philippe Bourrinet. The Dutch and German Communist Left (1900–68).

Contents

Introduction

PART 1

From Tribunism to Communism (1900-18)

1 – Origins and Formation of the ‘Tribunist’ Current (1900-14)

2 – Pannekoek and ‘Dutch’ Marxism in the Second International

3 – The Dutch Tribunist Current and the First World-War (1914-18)

PART 2

The Dutch Communist Left and the World-Revolution (1919-27)

4 – The Dutch Left in the Comintern (1919-20)

5 – Gorter, the kapd and the Foundation of the Communist Workers’ International (1921-7)

PART 3

The GIC from 1927 to 1940

Introduction to Part 3: The Group of International Communists: From Left-Communism to Council-Communism

6 – The Birth of the gic (1927-33)

7 – Towards a New Workers’ Movement? The Record of Council-Communism (1933-5)

8 – Towards State-Capitalism: Fascism, Anti-Fascism, Democracy, Stalinism, Popular Fronts and the ‘Inevitable War’ (1933-9)

9 – The Dutch Internationalist Communists and the Events in Spain (1936-7)

PART 4

Council-Communism during and after the War (1939-68)

10 – From the ‘Marx-Lenin-Luxemburg Front’ to the Communistenbond Spartacus (1940-42)

11 – The Communistenbond Spartacus and the Council-Communist Current (1942-68)

Conclusion