Paul Levi and the Origins of the United-Front Policy in the Communist International

Autores
Gaido, Daniel
Año de publicación
2017
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
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versión publicada
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Fil: Gaido, Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Argentina.
Fil: Gaido, Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia, Argentina.
Fil: Gaido, Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad, Argentina.
During its first four congresses, held annually under Lenin (1919–22), the Communist International went through two distinct phases: while the first two congresses focused on programmatic and organisational aspects of the break with Social-Democratic parties (such as the ‘Theses on Bourgeois Democracy and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat’, adopted by the first congress, and the 21 ‘Conditions of Admission to the Communist International’, adopted by the second), the third congress, meeting after the putsch known as the ‘March Action’ of 1921 in Germany, adopted the slogan ‘To the masses!’, while the fourth codified this new line in the ‘Theses on the Unity of the Proletarian Front’. The arguments put forward by the first two congresses were originally drafted by leaders of the Russian Communist Party, but the initiative for the adoption of the united-front policy came from the German Communist Party under the leadership of Paul Levi. This article explores the historical circumstances that turned the German Communists into the pioneers of the united-front tactic. In the documentary appendix we add English versions of two documents drafted by Levi: the ‘Letter to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Germany’ on the Kapp Putsch, dated 16 March 1920, and the KPD’s ‘Open Letter’ of 8 January 1921, which gave rise to the united-front tactic.
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Fil: Gaido, Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Argentina.
Fil: Gaido, Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia, Argentina.
Fil: Gaido, Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad, Argentina.
Materia
German Revolution
Paul Levi
Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD)
Communist International
United front tactic
Kapp Putsch
March Action
Nivel de accesibilidad
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Condiciones de uso
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spelling Paul Levi and the Origins of the United-Front Policy in the Communist InternationalGaido, DanielGerman RevolutionPaul LeviKommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD)Communist InternationalUnited front tacticKapp PutschMarch ActionFil: Gaido, Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Argentina.Fil: Gaido, Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia, Argentina.Fil: Gaido, Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad, Argentina.During its first four congresses, held annually under Lenin (1919–22), the Communist International went through two distinct phases: while the first two congresses focused on programmatic and organisational aspects of the break with Social-Democratic parties (such as the ‘Theses on Bourgeois Democracy and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat’, adopted by the first congress, and the 21 ‘Conditions of Admission to the Communist International’, adopted by the second), the third congress, meeting after the putsch known as the ‘March Action’ of 1921 in Germany, adopted the slogan ‘To the masses!’, while the fourth codified this new line in the ‘Theses on the Unity of the Proletarian Front’. The arguments put forward by the first two congresses were originally drafted by leaders of the Russian Communist Party, but the initiative for the adoption of the united-front policy came from the German Communist Party under the leadership of Paul Levi. This article explores the historical circumstances that turned the German Communists into the pioneers of the united-front tactic. In the documentary appendix we add English versions of two documents drafted by Levi: the ‘Letter to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Germany’ on the Kapp Putsch, dated 16 March 1920, and the KPD’s ‘Open Letter’ of 8 January 1921, which gave rise to the united-front tactic.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionFil: Gaido, Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Argentina.Fil: Gaido, Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia, Argentina.Fil: Gaido, Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad, Argentina.Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of London, United Kingdomhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9660-48342017-04info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfGaido, Daniel Fernando; Paul Levi and the origins of the united-front policy in the communist international; Brill Academic Publishers; Historical Materialism; 25; 1; 4-2017; 131-174http://hdl.handle.net/11086/548552https://philarchive.org/archive/GAIPLA1465-4466enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositorio Digital Universitario (UNC)instname:Universidad Nacional de Córdobainstacron:UNC2025-09-29T13:43:01Zoai:rdu.unc.edu.ar:11086/548552Institucionalhttps://rdu.unc.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://rdu.unc.edu.ar/oai/snrdoca.unc@gmail.comArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:25722025-09-29 13:43:02.035Repositorio Digital Universitario (UNC) - Universidad Nacional de Córdobafalse
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title Paul Levi and the Origins of the United-Front Policy in the Communist International
spellingShingle Paul Levi and the Origins of the United-Front Policy in the Communist International
Gaido, Daniel
German Revolution
Paul Levi
Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD)
Communist International
United front tactic
Kapp Putsch
March Action
title_short Paul Levi and the Origins of the United-Front Policy in the Communist International
title_full Paul Levi and the Origins of the United-Front Policy in the Communist International
title_fullStr Paul Levi and the Origins of the United-Front Policy in the Communist International
title_full_unstemmed Paul Levi and the Origins of the United-Front Policy in the Communist International
title_sort Paul Levi and the Origins of the United-Front Policy in the Communist International
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gaido, Daniel
author Gaido, Daniel
author_facet Gaido, Daniel
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv German Revolution
Paul Levi
Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD)
Communist International
United front tactic
Kapp Putsch
March Action
topic German Revolution
Paul Levi
Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD)
Communist International
United front tactic
Kapp Putsch
March Action
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Fil: Gaido, Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Argentina.
Fil: Gaido, Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia, Argentina.
Fil: Gaido, Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad, Argentina.
During its first four congresses, held annually under Lenin (1919–22), the Communist International went through two distinct phases: while the first two congresses focused on programmatic and organisational aspects of the break with Social-Democratic parties (such as the ‘Theses on Bourgeois Democracy and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat’, adopted by the first congress, and the 21 ‘Conditions of Admission to the Communist International’, adopted by the second), the third congress, meeting after the putsch known as the ‘March Action’ of 1921 in Germany, adopted the slogan ‘To the masses!’, while the fourth codified this new line in the ‘Theses on the Unity of the Proletarian Front’. The arguments put forward by the first two congresses were originally drafted by leaders of the Russian Communist Party, but the initiative for the adoption of the united-front policy came from the German Communist Party under the leadership of Paul Levi. This article explores the historical circumstances that turned the German Communists into the pioneers of the united-front tactic. In the documentary appendix we add English versions of two documents drafted by Levi: the ‘Letter to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Germany’ on the Kapp Putsch, dated 16 March 1920, and the KPD’s ‘Open Letter’ of 8 January 1921, which gave rise to the united-front tactic.
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Fil: Gaido, Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Argentina.
Fil: Gaido, Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia, Argentina.
Fil: Gaido, Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad, Argentina.
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