Paul Frlich: In the Radical Camp: A Political Autobiography 1890-1921 by Reiner For Sale

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Paul Frlich: In the Radical Camp by Reiner Tosstorff, Paul Frölich

Recently discovered and newly translated, this memoir from one of German Communism's founders sheds important new light on the Revolution

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English CONDITION
Brand New Publisher Description

Paul Froelich was a key figure in the formative years of German Communism. From a working-class family, he was active in the Social Democratic Party from the late 1890s, a left radical opposed to the First World War, and a founder member of the German Communist Party (KPD). His previously unpublished memoir, only recently discovered, casts valuable new light on a key period, particularly the intervention by the Communist International that led to the disastrous 'March action' of 1921.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Paul Frölich's uncompleted memoirs
Reiner TosstorffPolitical Autobiography 1890–1921
Preface1 Leipzig
A party worker from the time of the anti-socialist law
Leipzig hotchpotch
'Bolshevism' among the Leipzig Social Democrats
Other times
'Socialism as a Commodity'2 Hamburg
A cockfight
The 'mammoth'
Old and young
Anecdotes3 The War
Bremen
4 August
With the army
The conflict in the party
Kiental
The Arbeiterpolitik
Spartacus and the left radicals
General strike in Bremen
Army experiences, 1916–17
The wanderings of a soldier4 November 1918
The revolutionary shop stewards
The Hamburg left in the war
6 November 1918
Revolutionary politics in Hamburg5 Foundation of the Communist Party (Spartacus League)
Conference of the left radicals
The merger with the Spartacus League
January to March 1919
Leo Jogiches as party leader6 Munich 1919
Polemical interlude7 The Split in the Party8 The Kapp Putsch9 From the Kapp Putsch to the March Action10 The March Action of 1921Appendices
Karl Radek to the Central Committee of the KPD, 9 January 1919
Paul Levi to the Central Committee of the KPD, 16 March 1920Selected Biographies

Review

"Not a mere history book, this political autobiography is a torch passed on to us. It is up to us not to let this passion for revolution be extinguished."
—Folko Mueller, Against the Current

"The memoirs of Paul Frölich [...] can be considered one of the true archive sensations of recent years."
—Ralf Hoffrogge, International Review of Social History

"The publication of these so nearly forgotten memoirs represents a major service to our movement."
—Ben Lewis, Weekly Worker

Long Description

Paul Froelich was a key figure in the formative years of German Communism. From a working-class family, he was active in the Social Democratic Party from the late 1890s, a left radical opposed to the First World War, and a founder member of the German Communist Party (KPD). His previously unpublished memoir, only recently discovered, casts valuable new light on a key period, particularly the intervention by the Communist International that led to the disastrous 'March action' of 1921.

Details ISBN164259346X Publisher Haymarket Books Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 164259346X ISBN-13 9781642593464 Format Paperback Subtitle A Political Autobiography 1890-1921 Series Historical Materialism Short Title Paul Frlich: in the Radical Camp Imprint Haymarket Books Place of Publication Chicago Country of Publication United States Pages 270 NZ Release Date 2021-09-23 Author Paul Frölich DEWEY 324.243075092 Audience General AU Release Date 2021-11-15 Publication Date 2021-08-10 US Release Date 2021-08-10 Illustrations Illustrations Country of Origin GB Product Class Description Political Ideologies & Parties UK Release Date 2021-08-10
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