German Communism, Workers' Protest, and Labor Unions The Politics of the United Front in Rhineland-Westphalia, 1920-1924

This book examines the rise of the German Communist Party in the crucial period between the Kapp Putsch and the stabilization of the Weimar Republic. Based on extensive archival research, its reconstruction of Communist participation in union and protest movements in the key industrial region of Rhineland-Westphalia offers the first detailed social analysis of Communist support, organization and political strategy in German labor unions. By viewing German Communism against the backdrop of industrial structures and economic conditions, this study illuminates the deeper divisions in the German workers' movement that contributed to the tragedy of the Weimar Republic.Peterson, Larry is the author of 'German Communism, Workers' Protest, and Labor Unions The Politics of the United Front in Rhineland-Westphalia, 1920-1924' with ISBN 9780792321118 and ISBN 0792321111.