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The Erfurt Program was adopted by the Social Democratic Party of Germany during the SPD congress at Erfurt in 1891. Erfurt (ˈɛɐ̯fʊɐ̯t is a City in central Germany. It is the Capital of the state of Thuringia with a population of 202619 (2006 Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Formulated under the political guidance of August Bebel and the ideological tutelage of Karl Kautsky, it superseded the earlier Gotha Program. August Ferdinand Bebel ( February 22 1840 &ndash August 13 1913) was a German social democrat and one of the founders of the Karl Kautsky ( October 16 1854 - October 17 1938) was a leading theoretician of Social democracy.

The program declared the imminent death of capitalism and the necessity of socialist ownership of the means of production. Capitalism is the Economic system in which the Means of production are owned by private Persons and operated for Profit and where Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution Means Of Production is a compilation of Aim 's early 12" and EP releases recorded between 1995 and 1998 The party intended to pursue these goals through legal political participation rather than by revolutionary activity. Kautsky argued that because capitalism by its very nature must collapse, the immediate task for socialists was to work for the improvement of workers' lives rather than for the revolution, which was inevitable. Karl Kautsky ( October 16 1854 - October 17 1938) was a leading theoretician of Social democracy. Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, "a turnaround" is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively

Karl Kautsky also wrote the official SPD commentary on the program, which was called The Class Struggle. The simplified Marxism exemplified by The Class Struggle is sometimes referred to as 'vulgar Marxism' or the 'Marxism of the Second International'. See also Marxian economics, Marxism Marxist philosophy or Marxist theory are terms which cover work in Philosophy The Second International (1889-1916 was an organization of socialist and labour parties formed in Paris on July 14, 1889. The popular renderings of Marxism found in the works of Kautsky and Bebel were read and distributed more widely in Europe between the late 1800s and 1914 than Marx's own works. The Class Struggle was translated into sixteen languages before 1914 and became the accepted popular summation of Marxist theory. This document came to define 'orthodox' socialist theory before the October Revolution of 1917 caused a major split in the international socialist movement. The October Revolution (Октябрьская революция Oktyabrskaya revolyutsiya) also known as the Soviet Revolution

References

Kautsky, Karl Das Erfurter Programm Dietz Nachf. Verlag, Stuttgart, 1920
Sassoon, Donald One Hundred Years of Socialism. The New Press, New York, 1996.

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In Marxist theory, a maximum programme consists of a series of demands which will achieve Socialism. In Marxist theory, a minimum programme consists of a series of demands for immediate reforms. See also Transitional Programme In Marxist theory, a transitional demand is a demand made by a Socialist organisation with the aim of linking

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