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 | | In December of 1918, the League joined the Comintern and renamed itself the Communist Party of Germany (usually abbreviated "KPD", for Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands); on January 1, 1919, the Spartacist League/KPD executed a short-lived Communist revolution in Berlin (against the protests of Luxemburg and Liebknecht), which was easily crushed by nationalist elements. |
 | | The Communist Party of Germany (in German, Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands â KPD) was formed in December of 1918 from the Spartacist League, which originated as a small factional grouping within the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and the International Communists of Germany (IKD). |
 | | This occurred against the advice of Luxemburg, who argued that an uprising was premature since the Spartakusbund was too weak and not enough of the working class had come over to its side. |
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