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Korrespondenz-Blatt der KAPD, ‚angeschlossen der KAI’, 1924-30, Berlin. Irregular. Essen tendency. Led by
Hugo Fichtmann.
Der Marxist, ‚Organ der KAU’, illegal, 1933.
Neuer Rundschau, illegal paper published by the KAU/KAP, 1933.
Proletarier, ‚Zeitschrift für Kommunismus’, December 1923-March 1924. Replaced the KAZ of Berlin, banned
by the Prussian government.
Proletarier, ‚Monatsschrift für Kommunismus’. KAP’s theoretical organ from 1920-21. After the split, it fell
into the hands of the Essen tendency until 1923. It became the KAI’s organ. From 1924 until Feb. 1933, it again
became the theoretical organ of the Berlin tendency. Subtitled: Zeitschrift für revolutionären Klassenkampf.
Rote Fahne, Frankfurt, Oct. 1919 – 1920. Communist organ of the revolutionary proletariat. Became organ of
the KAPD (Wirtschaftsbezirk Frankurt/Main).
Rote Jugend, ‚Kampforgan der Kommunistischen Arbeiter-Jugend’, irregular. Berlin, 1921-30.
Rote Jugend, Essen, 1922. Rival organ of the Berlin youth tendency. The Essen tendency suppressed it, being
hostile to the idea of a particular youth organisation.
Rote Kämpfer–Korrespondenz, printed weekly circular, Freital/Gittersee, June 1932 – Feb. 1933.
Der Rote Rebell, illegal paper published by the KAU/KAP, 1934-35?
Scharf Links, ‚Organ der Räte Kommunisten (Bezirk Mitteldeutschland)’, KAU, Leipzig, 1932 – Feb. 33.
Published by O. Quarg. [Otto Andreas Quarg (1901-?) was expelled from the KPD in 1927, and became member
of the KAP/AAU, then of the KAU. In 1933 immigration to Czechoslovakia, then to Sweden.]
Spartakus, ‘Organ der Kommunistischen Partei für die Provinz Schleswig-Holstein’; Kiel 1919; 8 Nos.
Dethmann (Kiel) was one of the editors of this radical review.
Spiegel des Faschismus, illegal paper published by the KAU/KAP, 1933.
Vulkan, Organ der KAI, Berlin, 1925-27. Split in Berlin of the Essen tendency. Led by an old member of the
KAI: Emil Sach. Irregular.
Zur Information, published by the GHA of the KAPD. Irregular internal bulletin from 1924 to 1927 but sold
outside. Berlin.
Zur Information, illegal paper published by the KAU/KAP, 1933.
Unionen and Factory Organisations (Betriebs-Organisationen [B.O.]).
Created before the KAPD, the Unions defined their identity relative to the KAPD; binding themselves either to
this party, or to Rühle’s ‘Saxon’ tendency, or clearly stating their local autonomy against any political current.
Die Aktion, 1911-32, Berlin-Wilmersdorf. Published by Franz Pfemfert (1879-1954), a literary man and political
activist. From 1919, he had a pro-KAPD orientation. From 1921 to 1926, Die Aktion was the review of the
Unionist movement (AAU-E), following the break with the KAPD in Oct. 1920. After 1927, he became a
partisan of Trotsky.
[Reprint: Die Aktion 1911-1918. Wochenschrift für Politik, Literatur und Kunst, Köln: DuMont Reise Verlag,
1987]
Arbeiterpolitik, ‚Flugzeitung der AAU Gross-Hamburg’, 1929.
Die Allgemeine Arbeiter-Union, ‚Wirtschaftsbezirk Mitteldeutschland, Braunschweig’, 24.8-1920 – 1921. IWW
tendency.
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