In the movement’s early heroic years, all three were leading figures in their respective Communist parties (Hungary, Italy, and—in Korsch’s case—Germany), yet Korsch was far less of a political leader, less consistent, and in some ways less durable than either Gramsci or Lukács. ..…

The Communist, no. 6, June 1936, 489. . Trotsky’s basic writings on the rise of Nazism in Germany can be found in The Struggle Against Fascism in Germany (New York: Pathfinder Press, 1971). ..…

The policy was applied by the German Communist Party (KPD) in the infamous 1921 March Action: In response to a provocation against workers in central Germany, the party called for a general strike and for workers to arm themselves, and denouncing as scabs all workers who failed to support..…