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This month in labour history

2-04-1920 Military forces began assault against the workers' uprising in the Ruhr, Germany. The Social Democrats sent troops, including proto-fascists who tried to overthrow them like the Freikorps, to massacre workers, killing at least 1000. [more]

3-04-1920 The KAPD (Communist Workers' Party of Germany) was formed. In contrast to the KPD (the official Communist Party), which tried to get into government, the KAPD stood for direct action under the control of workers themselves. [more]

3-04-1920 Von Watter's troops recover by arms, the Ruhr. Soon, heavy sentences will be pronounced against the militant workers. A month after the putsch's defeat by the general strike, the accomplices of the putschists take their revenge. [more]

7-04-1919 Workers' councils declared the Bavarian Council Republic in Germany. However troops sent by the Social Democratic government crushed the rebellion at the end of the month, killing hundreds. [more]