The Communist Workers' Party of the Netherlands () was a council communist party in the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

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

Communist Workers' Party of Germany The Communist Workers' Party of Germany (; KAPD) was an anti-parliamentarian and left communist party that was active in Germany during the Weimar Republic. It was founded in 1920 in Heidelberg as a split from the Communist Party of Germany (KP ...

. 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 – 15 September 1927) was a Dutch poet and council communist theoretician. He was a leading member of the Tachtigers, a highly influential group of Dutch writers who worked together in Amsterdam in the 1880 ...

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

Communist Workers' International The Communist Workers' International (, KAI) or Fourth Communist International was a council communist international. It was founded around the ''Manifesto of the Fourth Communist International'', published by the Communist Workers' Party of ...

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

Prominent members

* Henriette Roland Holst * Henk Canne-Meijer * Barend Luteraan

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{{Defunct political parties in the Netherlands Defunct communist parties in the Netherlands Political parties established in 1921 Political parties disestablished in 1933 1921 establishments in the Netherlands 1933 establishments in the Netherlands Council communist organizations Libertarian socialist parties

Prominent members

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