Working-Class Politics in the German Revolution : Richard Müller, the Revolutionary Shop Stewards and the Origins of the Council Movement

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Historical Materialism Book Ser. ; v.77

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Contents; Sisyphus of the Revolution: A Preface; Author's Preface; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction: A Forgotten Revolutionary; The Politics of Historical Interpretation; The Makers of the German Revolution; Chapter 2 Background, Youth, and Early Union Activities: 1880-1913; From Farm to Factory; Müller's Private Life; Fighting Taylorism with its Own Weapons; Bureaucracy in the Service of Agitation; Chapter 3 Opposition to the Burgfrieden: 1914-18; 'The Great Betrayal'; From Discipline to Opposition; Early Ambiguities and their Price

Chapter 4 The Revolutionary Shop Stewards and Political Mass Strikes: 1916-18The Stewards' First Political Strike: Protesting Liebknecht's Arrest; Repression and the New Opposition; Müller's Arrest and the April Strike; Marking Time under Repression; Preparing for the January Strike: Rising Discontent and the Bolshevik Example; The January 1918 Strike: Council Power Emerges; The Politics of the Action Committee and the End of the January Strike; Barth and Däumig Lead in Müller's Absence; Müller's Return; Chapter 5 The German Revolution in Berlin: 1918

The Stewards and the Spartacists: A Tale of Two StylesArming the Revolution; Outbreak; Council Power; The State of the Revolution; Chapter 6 Chairman of the Berlin Executive Council: 1918-19; Conflict, Caution and Counter-revolution; Loss of National Power; Chapter 7 Richard Müller and the Council Movement: 1918-19; The Council Movement in War and Revolution; The First Council Congress and the Triumph of Parliamentarianism; The Blocked Path to Socialism; Berlin's January Uprising; Political Murder, Demoralisation, and the End of the Revolutionary Shop Stewards; Theorising Council Socialism

The March Strikes of 1919After the Tumult; Chapter 8 From Council Movement to Works Councils: 1919-20; Council Ideal and Works Council Reality; Leading the Left Opposition in the DMV; Defeat at Nuremberg, Compromise in Stuttgart; The Works Councils Act, Armed Conflict and Party Split; DMV Political Divisions and the Works Council Centre; The First Works Council Congress 1920; The State of the Revolution in 1920; Chapter 9 From Council Socialism to Party Communism and Beyond: 1920-24; The Leninist Model and the USPD Split; The Communist Union Centre; The Red International of Labour Unions

Crisis in the Communist Party and the March Action of 1921Post-March Crises and 'Made in Moscow' Resolution; The Revelation Affair; Müller, the Unwanted Communist; Chapter 10 Richard Müller as Historian of the German Revolution: 1923-25; Müller's Historiographical Approach; Müller as Publisher; Chapter 11 Footnotes and Suppression - Richard Müller's Impact on Historiography; The Millstones of Social Democracy and Marxism-Leninism; Müller in East Germany; Müller in West Germany; Chapter 12 Break with Politics, Withdrawal into Private Life: 1925-43

The DIV, the 'Construction Issue' and Union Fragmentation

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