Commune. Forum for politics, economy and culture

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Commune

description German political magazine
publishing company Kühl Verwaltungs GmbH & Co. Publishing limited partnership
First edition 1983
attitude 2012
Frequency of publication bi-monthly
Editor-in-chief Michael Ackermann (ViSdP)
editor M. Ackermann, F. Dick, C. Falter, G. Heinemann, A. Mönich, A. Nikolaus, G. Schabram, J. Schmierer, Th. Siegner, H. Sörje, B. Wagner, J. Walla
Web link oeko-net.de/kommune/
Article archive since November 1995
ISSN 0723-7669

Commune. Forum for Politics, Economy and Culture was a political magazine that appeared from 1983 to 2012. It was the successor of the Communist People's Newspaper (KVZ) and in particular of the theoretical organ Communism and Class Struggle (KuK), both of which were published by the Communist League of West Germany (KBW)from 1973 to 1982.

Frequency of publication

After the split of the Communist Federation of West Germany in the summer of 1980 and the resignation of some of its members, who founded the Bund Westdeutscher Kommunisten (BWK), the already noticeable loss of members of the organization accelerated, with a rapid decrease in the number of copies of the two KBW organs was connected. When in the autumn of 1982 the circulation of the KVZ had reached under 3000 and that of the KuK had reached 2000 copies, the discontinuation of the two publications was discussed in the KBW and finally the merging of both to form a monthly magazine with the title Kommune. Forum for Politics and Economics decided. Alternative suggested names were: Commune; Red Forum; Communist Forum, Forum; Communist politics . The editor of this "independent" magazine should not be the KBW, but a larger group of editors. In reality, however, it was all KBW members who took on this task. The editorial staff of the municipality initially consisted of six people, some of whom also belonged to this group of editors. Editor-in-chief was the former First Secretary of the KBW Central Committee Joscha Schmierer from 1983 to 1999 , followed by Michael Ackermann .

The first edition of the municipality appeared in January 1983. In the first year the circulation of the monthly magazine fell to 2,800 copies and thus made a loss of 160,000 DM . When the socialist monthly magazine Moderne Zeiten (MOZ) had to be discontinued in 1984 , the editorial team of the municipality was expanded to include some of its employees. By taking over the MOZ subscribers, the circulation increased to 3,600 copies, in 2000 it was 5000.

Until the dissolution of the KBW in early 1985, the municipality was mentioned in the constitution protection report. Since then, selected articles have occasionally been quoted and commented on in the magazine shows of major newspapers.

Since the 21st year of 2003, the municipality has only appeared every two months with a slightly changed subtitle municipality. Forum for politics, economy and culture.

At the end of the 30th year of 2012 the magazine was discontinued. The last edition appeared with the indication “last issue” under 6/12 and the title “30 years and an end”.

content

In terms of content, " in the first few years [the commune] primarily took care of the intellectual development of Maoism in the FRG ", which had already begun with the split of the KBW in 1980 into the KVZ and the KuK . 1983 wanted u. a. In Western Europe, the "focus on whether and to what extent the various left governments show opportunities to break the reactionary turn and develop forms that lead to the revolution ". The events in Eastern Europe were observed at an early stage and in detail . In 1984 Kundera's Central European essay “ Un Occident kidnappé ” was published in German in the municipality of Milan .

In the course of its publication, the commune developed from its KBW origins with the aim of revolutionizing society into a magazine that was close to the Realo wing of the Greens . After the last issue was published, a reprint appeared in 2013 for the conference “30 Years of 'Commune' and an End. What now? ”“ Employees, authors ”on March 9, 2013 at the Ökohaus Frankfurt.

people

Editing 1983

  • Michael Ackermann (also publisher), Friedemann Bleicher, Cornelia Falter (also publisher), Gerd Heinemann (also publisher), Theo Mehlen, Joscha Schmierer (publisher; editor-in-chief until 1999)

Publisher 1983

  • Michael Ackermann (also editor), Heidi Biesecker , Franz Dick , Cornelia Falter ( editor), Gerd Heinemann ( editor), Volker Lehmann, Anette Mönich, Annemarie Nikolaus , Günter Schabram, Joscha Schmierer ( editor ), Thomas Siegner, Hilde Simon, Herbert Sörje, Bernd Wagner, Jürgen Walla

Authors

literature

  • (anon.): On the conception of the KBW's publication resources . In: Communism and Class Struggle. Issue 10 (October) 1982, p. 112
  • Red .: Last issue of the KVZ - in the future the "municipality". In: KVZ. No. 51, December 23, 1982, p. 1
    • (anon.): Editorial. In: KuK. Issue 12 (December) 1982, pp. 3–5 (p. 3 to discontinue the magazine)
  • Constitutional Protection Reports 1982, p. 84; 1983, p. 89; 1984, p. 95; 1985, p. 95
  • Reinhard Mohr : Leaked submarine. Disillusionment changes: The left-wing magazine “Kommune”. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . No. 21, January 26, 1993, p. 25
  • Heribert Seifert: “Our work has become more complicated.” The monthly magazine “Kommune”. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . Swiss edition. No. 197, August 25, 2000, p. 71
  • Marko Martin: The “commune” and its founders. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . No. 37, February 13, 2001, p. 15 (letter to the editor)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Culture came later as an addition
  2. ↑ Hans-Gerhart Schmierer: Arguments for a political monthly , in: KVZ No. 42/22. October 1982, p. 15; Friedemann Bleicher: Federal management of the KBW is in favor of a monthly magazine , in: KVZ No. 44/5. November 1982, p. 4; frb .: In future a monthly magazine. From January commune - forum for politics and economics , KVZ No. 46/19. November 1982, p. 4
  3. ↑ The money was never the problem with the wealthy KBW
  4. ↑ z. B. by Arnulf Baring in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ No. 119, May 25, 1993 p. 13; No. 191, August 19, 1993, p. 29; No. 143, October 19, 1993, p. 13; No. 78, April 5, 1994, p. 34; No. 201, August 30, 1994, p. 7, etc.)
  5. ↑ Rolf Wörsdörfer: Right tone. End of the “commune” . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , No. 37 of February 13, 2013, p. N 5
  6. ↑ Heribert Seifert in the NZZ August 25, 2000
  7. ↑ KVZ No. 51/23. December 1982, p. 1
  8. ↑ Kommune, Volume 2, No. 7 (July) 1984
  9. ^ The editors: Editorial . In: Commune. Forum for politics, economy and culture . 6/12, reprint from February / March 2013, p. 3
  10. ↑ Michael Ackermann (born January 3, 1953 in Osnabrück), typesetter, candidate for the KBW in the Bundestag election in 1980 in the Münster constituency
  11. ^ Gerd Heinemann (born March 16, 1947 in Hörste), KBW functionary
  12. ↑ Theodor Mehlen (born February 26, 1953 in Bitburg), ran as a "metal worker" for the KBW in the 1980 federal election
  13. ↑ Volker Lehmann (born December 7, 1947), teacher, candidacy for the KBW for the 1976 federal election in the Bochum-Witten constituency
  14. ↑ Anette Mönich (born March 9, 1952 in Darmstadt), chemical workers, KBW functionary, several election candidates
  15. ↑ Annemarie Nikolaus (born December 11, 1952 in Usingen / Hessen), graduate psychologist, social scientist, 1981 and 1989 candidacy for the AL in Berlin-Charlottenburg
  16. ↑ Günter Schabram (born April 10, 1953 in Mönchengladbach), teacher, candidacy for the KBW in the federal elections in 1980 in the constituency 53 Aachen, KBW federal chairman in its dissolution phase from 1983, 1984 councilor in the first Green parliamentary group in the city council of Aachen , currently group manager
  17. ↑ Thomas Siegner (born June 14, 1952 in Wolfenbüttel), qualified pedagogue, later operator, candidacy for the KBW for the parliamentary elections in Berlin in 1979
  18. ↑ Hilde Simon was already an editorial member of the theoretical body Communism and Class Struggle during the phase of dissolution of the KBW
  19. ↑ Herbert Sörje (born September 15, 1943 in Kellinghusen), chemical engineer, ran for the KBW in Berlin in 1979
  20. ↑ Bernd Wagner (* 1948; † 2012), studied educational and social sciences in Frankfurt am Main, contributed to communism and the class struggle until 1982, publicist, later scientific director of the Institute for Cultural Policy of the Cultural Political Society in Bonn
  21. ^ Jürgen Walla (born May 17, 1948 in Burgsponheim), worker, photo setter, candidacy for the KBW