... of strikes was occurring throughout Germany, in the Ruhr mines, in central Germany and Berlin. The workers were demanding shorter hours, the socialisation of industry and a government based on councils. Even though this was a real threat to the Weimar Government it was not a bad as the strike could have been. It was uncoordinated, with radical 'leaders' following the protests rather than leading them. This therefore showed the Weimar government that the KPD was neither well led with a clear strategy nor a tightly organised party with a structure (unlike the well organised Communist Party in Russia). The KPD also had another problem. It lacked members and commitment. Already I can see that this Communist Party was going to have a very hard time trying to overthrow the Weimar democracy, which in contrast was much better supported and much better organised. Eventually the government, using a mixture of ...

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