A People's History of the German Revolution

William Pelz

Description

In October 1918, war-weary German sailors mutinied when the Imperial Naval Command ordered their engagement in one final, fruitless battle with the British Royal Navy. This revolt, in the dying embers of the First World War, quickly erupted into a full scale revolution that toppled the monarchy and inaugurated a period of radical popular democracy.



The establishment of the Weimar Republic in 1919 ended the revolution, relegating all but its most prominent leaders to a historical footnote. In A People's History of the German Revolution, William A. Pelz cuts against the grain of mainstream accounts that tend to present the revolution as more of a 'collapse', or just a chaotic interregnum that preceded the country's natural progression into a republic.



Going beyond the familiar names of Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg or Clara Zetkins, Pelz explores the revolution from the bottom up, focusing on the active role that women, rank-and-file activists, and ordinary workers played in its events. Rejecting the depiction of agency as exclusively in the hands of international actors like Woodrow Wilson or in those of German elites, he makes the compelling case that, for a brief period, the actions of the common people shaped a truly revolutionary society.

Foreword by Mario Kessler

Introduction: What German Revolution?

1. Industrialization and the Emergence of the German Working Class

2. The Rise of Popular Radicalism

3. War, Suffering and Resistance

4. The Road to the November Revolution

5. The Kaiser Goes, the Generals Remain

6. Provocation, Revolt and Repression

7. Women in the War and the Revolution

8. Death Agony of the Revolution

Conclusion

Notes

Index

Sujets

• 1914-1918
• Political Advocacy
• Elections
• Political Process
• Political Ideologies
• HISTORY
• POLITICAL SCIENCE
• Histoire
• Trade Unions
• Revolutions
• Armada de los Estados Unidos
• Partido Comunista de Alemania
• Rosa Luxemburgo
• Advocacy group
• Communism
• Revolutionary
• World War I
• Economic shortage
• November Revolution
• Interwar period
• German Revolution of 1918?19
• Wage
• German Communist Party
• Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany
• International Women's Day
• Protest
• Communist Party of Germany
• General officer
• Military
• Social Democratic Party
• Mutiny
• Poverty
• Wilhelm II, German Emperor
• Revolution
• Trade union
• History of Germany
• History of Europe
• Freikorps
• Capitalism
• Army
• Corps franc
• General
• Germany
• Navy
• Kaiser Wilhelm II
• Communisme
• Clara Zetkin
• KPD
• Friedrich Ebert
• Violence
• Rosa Luxemburg
• Friedrich Engels
• Karl Liebknecht
• Première Guerre mondiale
• 1919
• Media
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Pluto Press
• Date de parution: 20 juin 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781786802484
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

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Foreword by Mario Kessler Introduction: What German Revolution?

1. ïûŝîàîzàîô à é Eééçé ô é Géà Wôkî Càŝŝ 2. Té Rîŝé ô Pôûà Ràîçàîŝ 3. Wà, Sûéî à Réŝîŝàçé 4. Té Rôà ô é Nôébé Réôûîô 5. Té Kàîŝé Gôéŝ, é Gééàŝ Réàî 6. Pôôçàîô, Réô à Rééŝŝîô 7. Wôé î é Wà à é Réôûîô 8. Déà Aô ô é Réôûîô Côçûŝîô

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Mario Kessler

A People’s History o the German Revolution, 1918–19, îŝ é àŝ bôôk b é Aéîçà îŝôîà Wîîà Aû (“Bî”) Péz, ô îé à àé 66 ô Déçébé 10, 2017 î îŝ ôéô ô Cîçàô. Té ŝô ô à bûŝ îé, Bî Péz àŝ çôéçé ô ôkî éôé b ôîî à àîûé. Hé ôé îŝ ôçôà éŝîŝ î 1988, îŝîé b Aû Rôŝébé’ŝ çàŝŝîç ôkThe Birth o the German Republic, ô é Sààçûŝ éàûé î é Géà Nôébé Réôûîô.* Dôçûéà bôôkŝ ô Eûéé V. Débŝ à Wîé îébkéç ôôé.Against Capitalism: The European Let on the Marchàŝ ûbîŝé î 2008,Karl Marx: A World toWinôû éàŝ àé,German Social Democracy: A Doc- umentary Historyî 2015, à îàA People’s History o Modern Europe î 2016. Aô îŝ ûéôûŝ éîôîà ôkŝ, îŝ çôîbûîôŝ ô é Encyclopedia o the EuropeanLetà îŝ àôîé àŝ à çô-éîô ô Rôŝà ûxébû’ŝ ôkŝ î Eîŝ ûŝ àŝô bé éîôé. A îéô Cîçàôà, é é ôŝîîôŝ àŝ à çôîé ôéŝŝô à Rôôŝéé Uîéŝî, à é àŝ Dîéçô ô Sôçîà Sçîéçé Pôàŝ à Dé Pàû Uîéŝî. ô é àŝ 20 éàŝ, é Màxîŝ îŝôîà àŝ ôéŝŝô ô Eûôéà îŝô à ôîîçà ŝçîéçé à Eî Côûî Côéé ô é ôûŝkîŝ ô Cîçàô. A People’s History o the German Revolution, 1918–19,à àûŝçî çôéé b Péz jûŝ àŝ béôé îŝ ûéxéçé ôŝŝ, éûŝ é àûô ô é ŝàî ôî ô îŝ çàéé àŝ à îŝôîà. Té îé ŝôû éî ûŝ ô Hôà Zî’ŝA People’s History o the United States. Bô Zî’ŝ à Péz’ŝ ôkŝ ûàŝàé àké é ŝôçîà îŝô ô ôkî-çàŝŝ ôé à é àççéŝŝîbé, îà à ôûà. Yé, ûîké Zî’ŝ ôçûéà àôàç, Péz’ŝ îééîé îŝô ô é Géà Réôûîô î bééî ô à îôûçîô ô é îŝôîçà çôéx ô îŝ çûçîà ôé î Géà à ôkî-çàŝŝ îŝô ô ôŝé * Aû Rôŝébé’ŝ bôôkDie Entstehung der deutschen Republikàŝ Iŝ ûbîŝé î . A Eîŝ àŝàîô b ïà . D. Môô ôôé î . ï àŝ éîé î ŝééà îŝŝûéŝ.

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éŝŝ àîîà î Géà îŝô. W ŝôû éàéŝ bé çûîôûŝ àbôû îŝ bôôk, à bîîà à éîé éŝ ôéîé ô à îôà éîô ô Géà à Eûôéà îŝô? Té bôôk îôûçéŝ é éàé ô Géà ŝôçîà îŝô ô é îééé à éà-éîé çéûîéŝ; à îé à ŝééŝ îŝà, bû ôŝé ôbéŝ, àŝ îŝ bôôk ŝôŝ, éàî éŝé ôà. Côàé ô Eà à àçé, Géà àŝ à béàé àîô: îŝ bôûéôî- ŝîé ô àéàé àŝ à îŝôîçà ôçé é î é é béà ô é ééî ôkî çàŝŝ à îŝ éçk. Tûŝ, î é Eûôéà éôûîô- à éà ô 1848, é îé çàŝŝ àŝ éîé îî ô àbé ô î ôû é ŝûé ô àîôà ûî ôéé î ôé çàŝŝéŝ, éŝéçîà ôkéŝ. ïŝéà, é Géà bôûéôîŝîé àîé îŝé î é ôçéŝ é b Pûŝŝîà Càçéô Oô ô Bîŝàçk. Aé é Pûŝŝîàŝ ôû à ô éé àŝ ààîŝ éî éîbôŝ, é ûîîé é é ŝàé “ô àbôé”; î 1871, ôŝ Géà-ŝéàkî éîôîéŝ béçàé à ô à é Géà Eîé (î é ôàbé éxçéîô ô Aûŝîà îç éàîé à ô é Hàbŝbû Eîé). Tîŝ ŝéàé é àîàçé bééé é ééî îéîàîŝ bôûéôîŝîé à é ô ôbîî, é çàŝŝ îç ôîé é Géà îîà à îôàîç éîé. Déîé à éàîû ôîîçà ôé î é é ŝàé, ôkéŝ éé ààçé ô é Sôçîà Déôçàîç Pà (SPD), ôŝé à ô é ŝôéŝ ééçôà ôçé î é Géà Eîé îŝ îéŝŝîé àçé î îŝ bôôk. Té ŝôçîà-éôçàîç ôkéŝ à é é-î îééçûàŝ ŝûôî é ôé à îçéàŝî éŝé éôk ô àé ûîôŝ, éîà, çôôéàîéŝ à çûûà ôàîzàîôŝ ôŝé ŝûçûéŝ é àŝ à àéàîé ô é ôîà çûûé ô bôûéôîŝ Géà ŝôçîé. Bû îŝ ŝôçîà-éôçàîç çôûé-ŝôçîé àçé à îéà: é ôé î é îô à çôûé-ŝôçîé î é ŝàé, é ôé îŝ éàéŝ à àî- îŝàîé ûçîôàîéŝ ô ôé àé ô éîîàé îŝ ŝàé. Ràé à “àbôîŝ” bôûéôîŝ ŝôçîé î é Hééîà ŝéŝé, SPD éàéŝ à éôîŝŝ ŝôû ô éàçéû àké ôé é ŝàéŝ’ îŝîûîôŝ ôû ŝôçîà à ééçôà éô. A é ŝàé îé, éôûîôà éôîç éàîé çéà ô SPD éô. Aŝ éà àŝ 1896, Béà Rûŝŝé* ŝà éçôîzé à îŝ çôàîçîô îî é SPD ôéàé é ûàéà çôàîç- îô ô Géà ŝôçîé—à é àéŝ à ŝôéŝ çàŝŝ éàîé

* Béà Rûŝŝé,German Social Democracy: Six Lectures(ôàŝ, Géé, à Côà, ).

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éxçûé ô àîçîàîô î ŝôçîé. Aôû é, bû ô ôé, à ûîéŝà, éqûà à ŝéçé ŝûàé î é Réîç, é Géà àîàé, éReichstag, à ô éà éxéçûîé ôé î çôàîŝô î é Eéô. ï Pûŝŝîà, b à é ôŝ îôà ô é Géà ŝàéŝ, à éé-çàŝŝ àçîŝé ŝŝé àé é îŝôŝŝéŝŝé çàŝŝéŝ éŝŝ ôî îŝ à é ûé çàŝŝ. Môéôé, é SPD’ŝ îçéàŝî bûéàûçàîç îéçîô éŝûé î à îŝîç çûûà çéààé bééé é à’ŝ çàéé-ôîéé ôéŝŝîôàîŝ à îŝ ôkî-çàŝŝ ééçôà à àé ûîô bàŝé. Sôçîà Déôçàîç Pà éàéŝ béîéé à ôû à àîàçé î é îbéà î ô é bôûéôîŝîé é ôû àî ôé çôçéŝŝîô àé àôé ô é ûî çàŝŝéŝ, éŝûî î é çôîîôŝ ô à éàçéû àŝîîô ô ŝôçîàîŝ. A îôî î é à çîîçîzé éŝé ôîçîéŝ àŝ éôîŝ îûŝîôŝ, Rôŝà ûxébû éàŝ ôŝ ôàb. Té Pôîŝ Màxîŝ, ô éôé é îé ô é Géà ôkéŝ’ ôéé, çàé ô ûéŝà ôŝ éçîŝé à é îbéà bôûéôîŝîé ôû àé ŝéék à çôôîŝé î é éàçîôà àôŝ, îûŝîàîŝŝ, à é îîà à é éxéŝé ô é ôkî çàŝŝ, à à é ûî éîéŝ ôû éé îé àà çàŝŝ ôé ô ôkéŝ î é ô ô çîî à éçôôîç îŝ. ï àç, é ïéîà Côû, é àôŝ à é îîà ôé à éé ŝôé àîàçé î é îûŝîà à îàçîà çàîà î ôé ô éàîzé éî éà ôîîçà ôjéç, à Géà ôû bé ééàé ô é àk ô à Eûôéà ôé ô é àk ô éé-éîé Eûôéà ôé, à à ô ôé, éé î î éqûîé éà à î éîbôî ŝàéŝ. Té à à béà î Aûûŝ 1914 àŝ î àç à çôŝéqûéçé ô é îéîàîŝ ôîçîéŝ ô Géà àŝ é àŝ îŝ àîéŝ à ôôéŝ, à àé b à àî àîéŝ î éà bûàî à îôû çôŝîé- àîô ô ûà ôŝŝéŝ. ï é îŝ îûŝîàîzé à, à ààîàbé ûà à àéîà éŝôûçéŝ éé ôbîîzé ô ŝûŝàî é à éô. Bî Péz’ŝ bôôk éxàîéŝ éîéçé à éôŝ ô ôîé ŝôîéŝ, à ôkéŝ’ à ŝôîéŝ’ îéŝ à àîîéŝ, ô éîç çôîîôŝ à àçŝ ô éŝîŝàçé à é ô à î é îéà. Té îçéàŝî ûbé ô ŝîkéŝ à îéŝîî àbô çôîç î à-îé Géà—éô- ûîôà éûéŝ—àé ô àîçûà îééŝ. Héé é bôôk îçîŝîé éôŝàéŝ ô ûç é çôô éôé, à éŝéçîà ôé, àé à ôçé ô îŝô. Péz àŝô ŝôŝ é àŝ î îç é ûîqûé çôîbûîôŝ ô îééçûàŝ, ôkî-çàŝŝ àçîîŝŝ, à ôé à é ô î ô é, ô Vîçô Kééé ô Käé à Héà

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