This is the final excerpt in the current series from Karl Kautsky's 'Republic and social democracy in France', translated by Ben Lewis[1] and published in English for the first time. Kautsky begins his discussion of the Commune by examining the situation in France under emperor Napoleon III Revolutionary Paris in flames One of the first acts of ...
Ben Lewis introduces another excerpt from his translation of Karl Kautsky's 'Republic and social democracy in France'- published in English for the first time The following text is the second part of Karl Kautsky’s 1905 work, ‘Republic and social democracy’, which was originally published as a series of seven articles in the theoretical weekly, Die Neue Zeit. ...
The second part of Karl Kautsky's 1905 work, 'Republic and social democracy', translated by Ben Lewis When the republic was proclaimed on February 24 1848, all memories of 1793 were awoken. From the outset the lower classes regarded the republic as the surety protecting their interests, as the “social republic” which would reassume the work of ...
Independent scholar Lars T Lih introduces excerpts from Karl Kautsky's 'Republic and social democracy in France', published in English for the first time. This article first appeared in the Weekly Worker. Storming of the Bastille in July 1789: proletarian and petty bourgeoisie then exert their power, according to Kautsky At the end of 1904, Karl Kautsky began ...
For the first time in English[1], an extract from Karl Kautsky's 'Republic and social democracy in France', translated by Ben Lewis Karl Kautsky: former 'pope' of Marxism The International Congress[2] has had an unexpected aftermath. Following a series of statements they made in Amsterdam, Bebel[3]and Guesde[4] have been accused of indifference to the republic, even of a ...