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==Foundation==
==Foundation==
BWK was founded in [[Mannheim]] on September 20th 1980, following a split from the [[Communist League of West Germany]] (KBW).<ref name="s"/><ref>Tempel, Karl G., and Hans Willi Weinzen. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=qL9DAQAAIAAJ Die Parteien in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die Rolle der Parteien in der DDR: Grundlagen, Funktionen, Geschichte, Programmatik, Organisation]''. Opladen: Leske + Budrich, 1987. p. 211</ref> The split in KBW occurred in the midst of the [[West German federal election, 1980|1980 Bundestag election campaign]].<ref name="po">Olzog, Günter, and Hans-Joachim Liese. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=7BEWAQAAIAAJ Die politischen Parteien in Deutschland: Geschichte, Programmatik, Organisation, Personen, Finanzierung]''. München ; Landsberg am Lech: Olzog, 1996. p. 220</ref> BWK was led by Jörg Detjen and Martin Fochler.<ref name="s"/><ref>Krautkrämer, Felix. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=LN0dAQAAMAAJ Die offene Flanke der SPD der Fall Stephan Braun und die Zusammenarbeit von Sozialdemokraten mit Linksextremisten]''. Berlin: Ed. JF, 2008.</ref> Around 400 KBW militants took part in founding BWK.<ref name="s">''Der Spiegel''. ''[http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-14315630.html Verschärft ausgebeutet]''</ref> BWK published the bi-weekly ''Politische Berichte''.<ref name="r">Alexander, Robert Jackson. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=FjM-4ZG9iuMC&pg=PA86 Maoism in the Developed World]''. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2001. p. 86</ref> The organization had its headquarters in [[Cologne]].<ref>Staar, Richard Felix, Milorad M. Drachkovitch, and Lewis H. Gann. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=fbDmAAAAMAAJ Yearbook on International Communist Affairs]''. Stanford, Calif: Hoover Institution Press, 1991. p. 581</ref> In 1980 BWK founded the publishing house Gesellschaft für Nachrichtenerfassung und Nachrichtenverbreitung mbH (GNN) in Colonge.<ref>Normann, Lars. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=zf108bDwrJgC&pg=PA158 Rechts im Spiegel von links: die Zeitschrift "blick nach rechts" als Symptom politischer Kultur der Bundesrepublik Deutschland]''. München [u.a.]: GRIN-Verl, 2008. pp. 103, 158</ref>
BWK was founded in [[Mannheim]] on September 20th 1980, following a split from the [[Communist League of West Germany]] (KBW).<ref name="s"/><ref>Tempel, Karl G., and Hans Willi Weinzen. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=qL9DAQAAIAAJ Die Parteien in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die Rolle der Parteien in der DDR: Grundlagen, Funktionen, Geschichte, Programmatik, Organisation]''. Opladen: Leske + Budrich, 1987. p. 211</ref> The split in KBW occurred in the midst of the [[West German federal election, 1980|1980 Bundestag election campaign]].<ref name="po">Olzog, Günter, and Hans-Joachim Liese. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=7BEWAQAAIAAJ Die politischen Parteien in Deutschland: Geschichte, Programmatik, Organisation, Personen, Finanzierung]''. München ; Landsberg am Lech: Olzog, 1996. p. 220</ref> BWK was led by Jörg Detjen and Martin Fochler.<ref name="s"/><ref>Krautkrämer, Felix. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=LN0dAQAAMAAJ Die offene Flanke der SPD der Fall Stephan Braun und die Zusammenarbeit von Sozialdemokraten mit Linksextremisten]''. Berlin: Ed. JF, 2008.</ref> Around 600 KBW militants took part in founding BWK.<ref name="s">''Der Spiegel''. ''[http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-14315630.html Verschärft ausgebeutet]''</ref> BWK published the bi-weekly ''Politische Berichte''.<ref name="r">Alexander, Robert Jackson. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=FjM-4ZG9iuMC&pg=PA86 Maoism in the Developed World]''. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2001. p. 86</ref> The organization had its headquarters in [[Cologne]].<ref>Staar, Richard Felix, Milorad M. Drachkovitch, and Lewis H. Gann. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=fbDmAAAAMAAJ Yearbook on International Communist Affairs]''. Stanford, Calif: Hoover Institution Press, 1991. p. 581</ref> In 1980 BWK founded the publishing house Gesellschaft für Nachrichtenerfassung und Nachrichtenverbreitung mbH (GNN) in Colonge.<ref>Normann, Lars. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=zf108bDwrJgC&pg=PA158 Rechts im Spiegel von links: die Zeitschrift "blick nach rechts" als Symptom politischer Kultur der Bundesrepublik Deutschland]''. München [u.a.]: GRIN-Verl, 2008. pp. 103, 158</ref>


==In West German politics==
==In West German politics==

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League of West German Communists
Bund Westdeutscher Kommunisten
Secretary-GeneralJörg Detjen
FoundedSeptember 1980
DissolvedMarch 1995
Split fromCommunist League of West Germany
Succeeded byAG BWK
HeadquartersCologne
NewspaperPolitische Berichte
Student wingKommunistische Hochschulgruppen
IdeologyMarxism-Leninism
National affiliationPeople's Front

The League of West German Communists (Template:Lang-de, abbreviated BWK) was a Maoist communist political organization in the Federal Republic of Germany, active between 1980 and 1995. BWK was one of the last "K-Groups" in West German politics. After German reunification, it merged into the Party of Democratic Socialism.

Foundation

BWK was founded in Mannheim on September 20th 1980, following a split from the Communist League of West Germany (KBW).[1][2] The split in KBW occurred in the midst of the 1980 Bundestag election campaign.[3] BWK was led by Jörg Detjen and Martin Fochler.[1][4] Around 600 KBW militants took part in founding BWK.[1] BWK published the bi-weekly Politische Berichte.[5] The organization had its headquarters in Cologne.[6] In 1980 BWK founded the publishing house Gesellschaft für Nachrichtenerfassung und Nachrichtenverbreitung mbH (GNN) in Colonge.[7]

In West German politics

By the late 1980s, BWK was one of few remaining "K-Groups" in West Germany.[8] As of 1988 BWK reported was active in seven bundesländer. Politische Berichte had a circulation of 1,300, and the pamphlet-review Nachrichtenhefte with a circulation of around 1,000.[5] BWK was a dominant force in the Colonge-based People's Front.[5]

Entry into PDS

On June 5, 1993 BWK set up a Working Group of the League of West German Communists with the Party of Democratic Socialism/Left List (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bund Westdeutscher Kommunisten bei der PDS/LL) in Hamburg. By the end of the year, BWK was active in all Western bundesländer, setting up Woring Groups in PDS.[9] BWK was dissolved in March 1995. Its members joined PDS.[10] BWK was the first West German left group to dissolve itself and merge into PDS.[11] The AG BWKs continued to exist within PDS, and later evolved into Forum of Communist Working Groups (Forum kommunistischer Arbeitsgemeinschaften). The Forum of Communist Working Groups was dissolved on Dec. 2nd 2007 an replaced in January 2008 by a new association, the Association for Political Education, Left Criticism and Communication (Verein für politische Bildung, linke Kritik und Kommunikation). The board of the new association consisted of Brigitte Wolf, Christoph Cornides, Rüdiger Lötzer, Christiane Schneider, Jörg Detjen, Martin Fochler and Alfred Küstler.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c Der Spiegel. Verschärft ausgebeutet
  2. ^ Tempel, Karl G., and Hans Willi Weinzen. Die Parteien in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die Rolle der Parteien in der DDR: Grundlagen, Funktionen, Geschichte, Programmatik, Organisation. Opladen: Leske + Budrich, 1987. p. 211
  3. ^ Olzog, Günter, and Hans-Joachim Liese. Die politischen Parteien in Deutschland: Geschichte, Programmatik, Organisation, Personen, Finanzierung. München ; Landsberg am Lech: Olzog, 1996. p. 220
  4. ^ Krautkrämer, Felix. Die offene Flanke der SPD der Fall Stephan Braun und die Zusammenarbeit von Sozialdemokraten mit Linksextremisten. Berlin: Ed. JF, 2008.
  5. ^ a b c Alexander, Robert Jackson. Maoism in the Developed World. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2001. p. 86
  6. ^ Staar, Richard Felix, Milorad M. Drachkovitch, and Lewis H. Gann. Yearbook on International Communist Affairs. Stanford, Calif: Hoover Institution Press, 1991. p. 581
  7. ^ Normann, Lars. Rechts im Spiegel von links: die Zeitschrift "blick nach rechts" als Symptom politischer Kultur der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. München [u.a.]: GRIN-Verl, 2008. pp. 103, 158
  8. ^ Geronimo, and Gabriel Kuhn. Fire and Flames A History of the German Autonomist Movement. Oakland, Calif: PM Press, 2012. p. 61
  9. ^ Lang, Jürgen P., Patrick Moreau, Viola Neu, and Jürgen Hoffmann. Auferstanden aus Ruinen ...?: die PDS nach dem Super-Wahljahr 1994. Sankt Augustin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 1995. pp. 17, 56, 75
  10. ^ Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. Splitterparteien
  11. ^ Thienel, Wolfram. Die PDS. GRIN Verlag GmbH, 1997. p. 13
  12. ^ Verein für politische Bildung, linke Kritik und Kommunikation. Ergebnisse und Materialen. December, 2007.
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