Talk:Spartacist League

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Historical mistake

The Spartacist League was never the "german afiliate to the Comintern", simply because the Comintern did not yet exist! It was already the KPD who was a founding membver of the III International, in March,1919.

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Why no mention of the fact that Illuminati founder Adam Weishaupt called himself 'Spartacus'. Too many naive, un-analytical dissemniations of modern history going about!

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If the Spartakusbund completely became the KPD in December 1918, why are they referred to as Spartacists in the rest of the article and during their uprisng? Surely they should be referred to as communists. GoliathX 17:06, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

The attempted revolution in 1919 was still known as the Spartacus Uprising, the name change notwithstanding. White Guard 02:21, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

So when referring to the Spartacists post-November 1918, should they be described as the KPD or the Spatacists? I learnt that the Spartacists were eliminated after the insurrection, but the KPD continued to be a political party for years after that. GoliathX 07:59, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

It's one of history's more subtle transitions; but the Spartacist League might be said to have died with the failure of the rising of January 1919 and the subsequent murders of Leibnecht and Luxemburg. By the spring of 1919 it is more correct to refer to the KPD. White Guard 21:59, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

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I tried to sort out what's going on with that image and why it won't move over, but I can't figure it out. Can anyone else? matt91486 02:45, 20 October 2007 (UTC)