Otto Ruhle

Ruhle, Otto

German left communist, staunch opponent of Bolshevism and participant in the 1918 German revolution.

Key articles: 
The Revolution Is Not A Party Affair - Otto Rühle
The Fight Against Fascism Begins With the Fight Against Bolshevism
An Introduction to Left Communism in Germany from 1914 to 1923
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From the Bourgeois to the Proletarian Revolution - Otto Ruhle

Workers from the FAUD

Written in 1924, this pamphlet charts the development of the Russian and German revolutions, and attempts to point forward from the failure of these two major events, analysing the role of the parties and the trade unions in their respective failures.

This online version taken from http://www.marxists.org

From the Bourgeois to the Proletarian Revolution

1 The Bourgeois Revolutions

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5 Oct 2007 by catch

An Introduction to Left Communism in Germany from 1914 to 1923

Ausflug des 'Syndikalistischen Frauenbundes Groß-Berlin'

On the Origins and Early Years of Working Class Revolutionary Politics:
An Introduction to 'Left Communism' in Germany from 1914 to 1923

DG, 1994

Introduction and Overview

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12 Jan 2006 by libcom

Report from Moscow, 3rd International congress, 1920 - Otto Ruhle

In 1920 the newly formed KAPD sent a delegation (Franz Jung and Jan Appel) to Moscow to negotiate with the Executive of the III. International and participate at its second congress. As nothing clear was heard from the delegation a second team was sent - Otto Rühle and August Merges.

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3 Jan 2006 by libcom

The Fight Against Fascism Begins With the Fight Against Bolshevism

Otto Ruhle

The Fight Against Fascism Begins With the Fight Against Bolshevism (1939)

Left-communist pamphlet that points the finger at Lenin and the bolsheviks for crippling the international workers' movement with authoritarian tactics and for developing a totalitarian and capitalist system of rule in the USSR.

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29 Jul 2005 by libcom

Otto Ruhle and the German Labour Movement - by Paul Mattick

Paul Mattick critically analyses Otto Rühle's role in the German Revolution.

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27 Jul 2005 by libcom

The Revolution Is Not A Party Affair - Otto Rühle

Otto Rühle

Otto Rühle. "Parliamentarism appeared with the domination of the bourgeoisie. Political parties appeared with parliament."

In parliaments the bourgeois epoch found the historical arena of its first contentions with the crown and nobility. It organised itself politically and gave legislation a form corresponding to the needs of capitalism. But capitalism is not something homogeneous. The various strata and interest groups within the bourgeoisie each developed demands with differing natures.

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21 Mar 2005 by libcom
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