GIK

Introduction to the Group of International Communists

Group of International Communists, aka Group of Internationalist Communists (GIK) - Holland, 1926-?
Founded in 1926, the GIK was a group of left communists in Holland, whose ideas had been shaped by the experiences of the Russian and German Revolutions of 1917 and 1918.
Key texts: Fundamental principles of communist production and distribution
Members: Jan Appel

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Group of International Communists

Dutch left communist group set up in 1926 whose ideas were shaped by the outcomes of the 1917 Russian revolution and 1918 German revolution.

Appel, Jan, 1890-1985

A short autobiography of Jan Appel, aka Jan Arndt, a German libertarian communist and shipyard worker who most famously hijacked a steam ship to Russia after the German Revolution of 1918.

Appel's experiences during the 1918 Revolution drove him out of the Communist Party, and he subsequently helped found the more radical Communist Workers Party (KAPD).

Origins of the Movement for Workers' Councils in Germany

Pamphlet on the origins of the Movement for Workers' Councils in Germany, covering the 1918 revolution and its aftermath and activites and reactions of left and libertarian communists.

Written by the Dutch Group of International Communists (GIK), with an introduction by Dave Graham.

Fundamental principles of communist production and distribution

Full text of Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution, Collective work of the Group of International Communists of Holland (GIK), 1930

Autobiography of Jan Appel

Jan Appel, 1890-1945, was a German socialist and shipyard worker whose experience of the 1918 Revolution, after which he hijacked a steam ship to Russia, drove him out of the Communist Party.

Joining the more radical Communist Workers Party (KAPD), he then moved to Holland, playing a role in the Dutch Resistance in World War II and and eventually co-founding the left-communist GIK.

By Jan Appel, 1966

Introduction to the Group of International Communists

Group of International Communists

Appel, Jan, 1890-1985

Origins of the Movement for Workers' Councils in Germany

Fundamental principles of communist production and distribution

Autobiography of Jan Appel

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