Anti-Nazi Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/movements-and-struggles/anti-nazi/ MARXIST ESSAYS AND COMMENTARY Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:02:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.16 https://i0.wp.com/johnriddell.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-John-Riddell-Icon-Final-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Anti-Nazi Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/movements-and-struggles/anti-nazi/ 32 32 22825446 The ‘German October’ of 1923: A Failed Bid for Workers’ Power https://johnriddell.com/2021/12/01/the-german-october-of-1923-a-failed-bid-for-workers-power/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/12/01/the-german-october-of-1923-a-failed-bid-for-workers-power/#respond Wed, 01 Dec 2021 21:58:24 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7554 The text that follows will be included in a new collection, Lenin’s Comintern Revisited, scheduled for publication in 2022. By John Riddell: On 11 January 1923, France and Belgium sent their armies to occupy the Ruhr region, the industrial heartland of Germany. The invaders’ stated goal was to extract the reparations payments imposed on Germany […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/12/01/the-german-october-of-1923-a-failed-bid-for-workers-power/feed/ 0 7554 Two Months That Set a New ‘Normal’ in U.S. Bourgeois Politics https://johnriddell.com/2021/02/05/two-months-that-set-a-new-normal-in-u-s-bourgeois-politics/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/02/05/two-months-that-set-a-new-normal-in-u-s-bourgeois-politics/#respond Fri, 05 Feb 2021 21:56:18 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6665 The following text is reprinted with permission from World-Outlook, a significant new voice of revolutionary Marxism in the United States. The many comments submitted on this article, available at World Outlook, are worth checking out. World-Outlook is edited by Argiris Malapanis, Geoff Mirelowitz, and Francisco Picado. By Argiris Malapanis and Geoff Mirelowitz:February 3, 2021—In the […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/02/05/two-months-that-set-a-new-normal-in-u-s-bourgeois-politics/feed/ 0 6665 Key Lessons of Trump’s Failed Insurrection https://johnriddell.com/2021/01/25/key-lessons-of-trumps-failed-insurrection/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/01/25/key-lessons-of-trumps-failed-insurrection/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2021 02:10:31 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6606 A Socialist Analysis Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard write regularly for Australia-based Green Left Weekly. For a related socialist interpretation, see “Radicalism, Bonapartism, and the Aftermath of the 2020 U.S. Elections,” by Geoff Mirelowitz, Argiris Malapanis, and Francisco Picado, on World-Outlook.com. By Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard: The most important aspect of the January 6 […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/01/25/key-lessons-of-trumps-failed-insurrection/feed/ 1 6606 How Socialists Resist Rightist Coups https://johnriddell.com/2021/01/07/how-socialists-resist-rightist-coups/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/01/07/how-socialists-resist-rightist-coups/#respond Thu, 07 Jan 2021 16:43:21 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6497 Lessons from the Early Communist International Part One: The Kornilov and Kapp Putsches (See also Part 2: “Toward a United Front Against Fascism” and Part 3: “1920: German Workers Foil a Rightist Putsch”) By John Riddell: Parliaments and elections are no guarantee of democratic rights and fair treatment for working people. Capitalist forces displeased with an […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/01/07/how-socialists-resist-rightist-coups/feed/ 0 6497 Toward a United Front Against Fascism https://johnriddell.com/2021/01/07/toward-a-united-front-against-fascism/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/01/07/toward-a-united-front-against-fascism/#respond Thu, 07 Jan 2021 16:36:01 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6517 How Socialists Resist Rightist Coups: Part 2 See also Part 1: “How Socialists Resist Rightist Coups: The Kornilov and Kapp Putsches” and Part 3: “1920: German Workers Foil a Rightist Putsch”  By 1920, The working-class movement urgently needed to find a road to effective resistance to such rightist threats, including when these assaults took the […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/01/07/toward-a-united-front-against-fascism/feed/ 0 6517 1920: German Workers Foil a Rightist Putsch https://johnriddell.com/2021/01/07/1920-how-german-workers-foiled-a-rightist-putsch/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/01/07/1920-how-german-workers-foiled-a-rightist-putsch/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2021 16:33:00 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6429 General Strike Sent Rebel Generals Running (See also Part 1: “How Socialists Resist Rightist Coups” and Part 2: “Toward a United Front Against Fascism.”) By John Riddell: The strongest workers’ upsurge in Europe in the early years after the Russian revolution took place in March 1920, when 12 million workers in Germany rallied in a […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/01/07/1920-how-german-workers-foiled-a-rightist-putsch/feed/ 2 6429 When Social Democracy and Communism Acted Together https://johnriddell.com/2020/12/29/when-social-democracy-and-communism-acted-together/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/12/29/when-social-democracy-and-communism-acted-together/#respond Tue, 29 Dec 2020 15:53:59 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6476 The 1926 German Referendum to Expropriate the Nobility Could Hitler’s rise to power in Germany have been blocked by common action by Social Democracy and Communism? On one occasion, in 1926, such a working alliance came briefly into existence. As German historian Marcel Bois demonstrates, the results were dramatic. The following text is excerpted from […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/09/12/united-states-trumps-bonaparte-moment/feed/ 2 6103 The Struggle Against Fascism: Lessons from the Past https://johnriddell.com/2020/06/07/the-struggle-against-fascism-lessons-from-the-past/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/06/07/the-struggle-against-fascism-lessons-from-the-past/#respond Sun, 07 Jun 2020 13:34:27 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5840 A Review of “Fighting Fascism: How to Struggle and How to Win,’ by Clara Zetkin, Haymarket Books, 2017, 144 pages; edited by Mike Taber and John Riddell. This text is translated and reposted with permission from Puntorojomag.org. Original Spanish text follows. By Héctor A. Rivera, May 20, 2020 The health and economic crises unleashed by […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/06/07/the-struggle-against-fascism-lessons-from-the-past/feed/ 0 5840 ‘Holocaust to Resistance’ Tour Draws Wide Interest https://johnriddell.com/2020/03/23/holocaust-to-resistance-tour-draws-wide-interest/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/03/23/holocaust-to-resistance-tour-draws-wide-interest/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:42:40 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5575 ‘Resistance to Hitler Has Lessons for Today’ By John Riddell: The dangers posed by the Covid-19 virus forced suspenion on March 19 of Suzanne Weiss’s tour introducing her memoir, Holocaust to Resistance: My Journey. But the tour’s results so far indicate encouraging interest in her story and its message of global solidarity. Suzanne’s seventeen meetings […]

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