The Communist Workers' Party of the Netherlands ( nl, Kommunistische Arbeiders-Partij Nederland) was a

council communist Council communism is a current of communist thought that emerged in the 1920s. Inspired by the November Revolution, council communism was opposed to state socialism and advocated workers' councils and council democracy. Strong in Germany a ...

party in the

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. It was founded in September 1921, and was modelled after the

Communist Workers' Party of Germany The Communist Workers' Party of Germany (german: Kommunistische Arbeiter-Partei Deutschlands; KAPD) was an anti-parliamentarian and left communist party that was active in Germany during the time of the Weimar Republic. It was founded in April 1 ...

. It was far smaller than its German counterpart. At most, in late 1921, it had 8 sections with a total membership of around 200.

Herman Gorter Herman Gorter (26 November 1864, Wormerveer – 15 September 1927, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels) was a Dutch poet and socialist. He was a leading member of the Tachtigers, a highly influential group of Dutch writers who worked together in Am ...

played an important role in building the party. The party was affiliated to the

Communist Workers' International The Communist Workers' International (german: Kommunistische Arbeiter-Internationale, KAI) or Fourth Communist International was a council communist international. It was founded around the ''Manifesto of the Fourth Communist International'', pu ...

. The membership of the party decreased rapidly as the party was engulfed in internal conflicts.

Prominent members

Henriette Roland Holst Henriette Goverdine Anna "Jet" Roland Holst-van der Schalk (24 December 1869 – 21 November 1952) was a Dutch poet and communist. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The poet Adriaan Roland Holst (1888–1976), nicknamed "the D ...

* Henk Canne-Meijer * Barend Luteraan

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Prominent members

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