I would say the SDP was the largest party in the 20th century, but hardly left at that point - they gained following by supporting the imperialist war (WWI), and helping to crush the German workers' uprising in 1919 (killing Leibnick, Luxemborg, et al). I believe Engels joined it in the 1890's mostly to try to fight the grip of the revisionists who dominated it (Kautsky, etc), but obviously was not too successful. True, they voted against the Naziis' Enabling Act in 1933, which was something to be proud of. -PF
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:55 AM, c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote:
> [WS:} so how come that this pro-labor state elected an anti-labor
> teabagger for governor?
>
> Wojtek
>
> ^^^^^
> CB: Well, u know ,unity and struggle of opposites, and things turn
> into their opposites. Wisconsin was also the state where Senator
> McCarthy came from. Recall Germany had the biggest and most advanced
> Social Democratic Party of anywhere ( Engels was in it at one point).
> The left was so strong, that the bourgeoisie reacted with the Nazis.
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