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The '''Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (Aufbauorganisation)''' (KPD (AO), Communist Party of Germany (Pre-Party Formation)) was a West German [[Maoist]] group founded in 1970. It changed its name to the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) a year later.<ref name="google">{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Red_Army_Faction_A_Documentary_History/fbVHEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=kpd/ao&pg=PT26&printsec=frontcover|title=Red Army Faction, A Documentary History: Volume 1: Projectiles for the People|website=google.com|access-date=2022-10-24}}</ref>
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In 1973 KPD members occupied and vandalized Bonn's city hall to protest a visit by South Vietnam's Prime Minister.<ref name="google2">{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fire_and_Flames/z7dHEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=kpd-ao+bonn&pg=PT71&printsec=frontcover|title=Fire and Flames: A History of the German Autonomist Movement - Geronimo|website=google.com|access-date=2022-10-24}}</ref><ref name = 'jackson' /> By 1974 it was West Germany's most significant Maoist party, with 5,000 members.<ref name='jackson'>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Maoism_in_the_Developed_World/FjM-4ZG9iuMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=kpd/ao&pg=PA82&printsec=frontcover|title=Maoism in the Developed World - Robert Jackson Alexander|website=google.com|access-date=2022-10-24}}</ref> About a quarter of its members were women.<ref name = 'jackson' /> It dissolved in 1980.<ref name = 'jackson' />
The '''Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (Aufbauorganisation)''' (KPD (AO), Communist Party of Germany (Pre-Party Formation)) was a West German [[Maoist]] group founded in 1970. It changed its name to the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) a year later.<ref>https://www.google.com/books/edition/Red_Army_Faction_A_Documentary_History/fbVHEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=kpd/ao&pg=PT26&printsec=frontcover</ref>


In 1973 KPD members occupied and vandalized Bonn's city hall to protest a visit by South Vietnam's Prime Minister.<ref>https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fire_and_Flames/z7dHEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=kpd-ao+bonn&pg=PT71&printsec=frontcover</ref><ref name = 'jackson' />
[[Jörg Immendorff]] illustrated some of their publications.<ref name="google3">{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Routledge_Handbook_of_the_Global_Six/h8JKDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=kpd-ao&pg=PT138&printsec=frontcover|title=The Routledge Handbook of the Global Sixties: Between Protest and Nation ...|website=google.com|access-date=2022-10-24}}</ref>

By 1974 it was West Germany's most significant Maoist party, with 5,000 members.<ref name='jackson'>https://www.google.com/books/edition/Maoism_in_the_Developed_World/FjM-4ZG9iuMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=kpd/ao&pg=PA82&printsec=frontcover</ref> About a quarter of its members were women.<ref name = 'jackson' /> It dissolved in 1980.<ref name = 'jackson' />

[[Jörg Immendorff]] illustrated some of their publications.<ref>https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Routledge_Handbook_of_the_Global_Six/h8JKDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=kpd-ao&pg=PT138&printsec=frontcover</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 18:14, 24 October 2022

The Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (Aufbauorganisation) (KPD (AO), Communist Party of Germany (Pre-Party Formation)) was a West German Maoist group founded in 1970. It changed its name to the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) a year later.[1]

In 1973 KPD members occupied and vandalized Bonn's city hall to protest a visit by South Vietnam's Prime Minister.[2][3] By 1974 it was West Germany's most significant Maoist party, with 5,000 members.[3] About a quarter of its members were women.[3] It dissolved in 1980.[3]

Jörg Immendorff illustrated some of their publications.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Red Army Faction, A Documentary History: Volume 1: Projectiles for the People". google.com. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  2. ^ "Fire and Flames: A History of the German Autonomist Movement - Geronimo". google.com. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  3. ^ a b c d "Maoism in the Developed World - Robert Jackson Alexander". google.com. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  4. ^ "The Routledge Handbook of the Global Sixties: Between Protest and Nation ..." google.com. Retrieved 2022-10-24.