The Red International of Labour Unions (RILU) 1920-1937 [electronic resource] / by Reiner Tosstorff ; translated by Ben Fowkes.

Translated from the German.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

‎Contents; ‎Acknowledgements; ‎Abbreviations; ‎Introduction; ‎Author's Note; ‎Chapter 1. From Trade Union Internationalism to the International Federation of Trade Unions; ‎Chapter 2. In Search of a Revolutionary Trade Union International; ‎1. The International Politics of the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions 1917-20; ‎2. The Communist International and the Trade-Union Question; ‎3. The Impact of the October Revolution on the Revolutionary Syndicalists; ‎4. The First Trade-Union Contacts: The Question of the International Trade Secretariats and Shliapnikov's Mission

‎Chapter 3. The International Trade Union Council (1920-1)‎1. Its Foundation; ‎2. A Sequel: The Second Comintern Congress and the Trade-Union Question; ‎3. The Organisation of the International Trade Union Council; ‎4. The Foreign Delegations of the VTsSPS in Autumn 1920: Making Propaganda for the International Trade Union Council; ‎5. 'Amsterdam' or 'Moscow': The Course of the Argument within the IFTU after the Foundation of the International Trade Union Council; ‎6. The Syndicalists En Route for Moscow; ‎6.1. The Levi Zentrale of the KPD and Syndicalism: Out of Tune with the Comintern

‎7. The International Trade Union Council, 1920-1: Its Programme, Activities and Organisation‎8. Towards the Founding Congress: Discussions between the ITUC and the Delegates; ‎9. The Russian Trade Unions and the International Trade Secretariats, 1920-1; ‎Chapter 4. The Founding Congress of the Red International of Labour Unions; ‎1. The Course of the Congress and the Establishment of the RILU (Profintern); ‎2. Relations between the Comintern and the RILU; ‎3. The Tactics, Organisation and Statutes of the RILU; ‎4. The First RILU Congress Draws to a Conclusion

‎5. The Syndicalist Opposition and the Question of the Anarchist Prisoners‎6. Excursus: The Trade-Union Discussion at the Third Comintern Congress; ‎7. The Formation of the RILU Leadership: The First Session of the Central Council; ‎8. The Establishment of the International Propaganda Committees; ‎Chapter 5. From the First to the Second Congress of the RILU; ‎1. Should the RILU be Disbanded? Resignations and Demands for Liquidation; ‎2. The Syndicalists between Moscow and Berlin; ‎3. The Development of the RILU as an Organisation and a Political Entity: From the First to the Second Congress

‎4. The International Trade Secretariats and the International Propaganda Committees, 1921-2‎5. The Second Congress of the Red International of Labour Unions; ‎6. Excursus: Closer Organisational Connections with the Comintern: The RILU as Its International Trade-Union Apparatus; ‎Chapter 6. The United Front That Didn't Happen in 1923: The Role of the RILU; ‎1. From the Hague Congress to the Ruhr Crisis: Fimmen Breaks Ranks; ‎2. The Attempt to Achieve the United Front through the International Trade Secretariats; ‎3. The Third Session of the Central Council.

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