Henk Canne-Meijer:

The publication-history of this text is not fully discovered and not verified in all details.

In general the following informations can be given:

The original Dutch version of this text was published in

Radencommunismus
No. 3,  -  Nov. 1 938

After the II. World War a revised French version was made and published in

Internationalisme
No. 45  -  1952

These versions from 1938 and 1952 are supposed to have been written/authorized by Henk Canne-Meijer.

As for the later versions the original account of the 'Movement for Workers Councils in Germany' were added a resume of the GIC(H)'s theoretical work on the 'Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution' taken from the Left Communist magazine 'Bilan' (Nos. 19 - 21, 1935).   -  It has not been verified if this change was already done with the 1952-version.

Later another French version was published by the 'Informations Correspondences Ouvrieres'-network in

ICO
No. 42 -  1965

On the basis of this French edition both English and German versions has been made.

The first English version was published and introduced by Joe Thomas as

The Origins of the Movement for Workers Councils in Germany 1918-35.
Coptic Press
London - 1968.

On the basis of this other English versions have been published  -  for example:

The Origins of the movement for workers councils in Germany, 1918-29.
Our Generation,
Montréal, Quebec. [197-?]

The Origins of the movement for workers councils in Germany, 1918-29.
Workers Voice
Birkenhead [197-?]

The Origins of the movement for workers councils in Germany, 1918-29.
Communist Workers Organisation
Cheshire 1981.

The first German version was made on the basis of the French ICO-version and published in the magazine

Die Soziale Revolution ist keine Parteisache -
Internationale Information und Korrespondenz
Soziale Revolution
Berlin 1971

From this other German editions have been published  -  for example:

Die Arbeiterrätebewegung in Deutschland, 1918 - 1933
H.C. Meijer.
Edition Tiamat
Hannover, 1978

Die Arbeiterrätebewegung in Deutschland 1918-1933
Edition Soziale Revolution
Berlin 1985

A new German version  -  for unknown reasons somewhat shortened  -  has just been published as

Die Arbeiterrätebewegung in Deutschland (Auszug)  -  in
Alle Macht den Räten ! II
Klassiker der Sozialrevolte 16
Unrast Verlag
Münster 2007
ISBN: 3-89771-914-6

 


The present e-versions of this text has been made by Kurasje on the basis of the those published by:
- the Subversion website and
- www.anarchismus.at