Talk:Karl Radek

No to National Bolshevism
Karl Radek does NOT belong in any "National Bolshevism" category! He was neither a stalinist nor a facist... (Removing the National Bolshevism category.) Bronks 19 december 2005.

But of course he was a Boshevist how cooperatet with german nationalists, because they could support the nearly collapsing USSR. 84.161.118.162 18:39, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Karl Radek was killed in the Moscow Trials. Stalinists such as the National Bolsheviks believe that the people tried were all guilty of counter-revolutionary activity or some other charge. So obviously, Radek could not be a Stalinist. If he was a Bolshevik, he obviously wasn't a fascist. Commissarusa (talk) 22:52, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Maybe it will come as a shock to you but a lot of Stalinists were killed in Stalin's purges as a lot of nazies were killed in the fight between Hitler and Rohm. Radek had no firm position, he took the position which was most promising at the moment and simply miscalculated his chances. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.165.173.131 (talk) 15:41, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Russian Communists
Should Radek be in this category. He wasn't Russian? Camillus talk 12:03, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

From 1924 till 1939 there were not a single Russian in Politburo of Russian Communist party. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.165.173.131 (talk) 15:42, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

But he was memer of the communist party of the USSR. An adoptet country must be as important as a country of birth. 84.161.118.162 18:39, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Inaccuracies in this article
Radek was born in Austria - therefore ther is no need to use the Julian calendar for his birth date. Secondly, he didn't become a member of the Bolshevik party until 1917, when he came to Russia. Thirdly, he couldn't have joined the Russian Social Democratic party in 1898 since it didn't effectively exist until 1903 (despite having its founding congress in 1898 for reasons that can be read in the relevant article) and he didn't live in Russia at the time. He lived in Austrian Poland, where he did join the Polish Social Democracy in 1904) - this information is from the German National Archive ([http://www.bundesarchiv.de/aktenreichskanzlei/1919-1933/0011/adr/adrmr/kap1_6/para2_9.html Akten der Reichskanzelei. Weimarer Republik]). He participated in the 1905 revolution in Warsaw as a member of the Polish party. He moved to Germany and became a member of the SPD in 1907 and remained a member until 1913 when he was expelled. During the war he was in Switzerland working with Lenin, but not yet a member of the Russian party. He left with Lenin in the "sealed train" to become the Bolsheviks contact man in Stockholm. I'm going to change the article to fit these facts. --Mia-etol (talk) 14:27, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Please don't. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.177.39.18 (talk) 15:22, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Revision of Article: Next Steps
I've expanded the article quite a bit to deal with controverseries and major events Radek was involved in. However, I haven't touched the 'Schlageter speech' yet in early 1923 (see Albert Leo Schlageter), his role in relation to the rappalo treaty or his role in the Left Opposition much, particularly in relation to his role within the Comintern at that time. Also, I'm sure there is more that can be said about his time between his capitulation to Stalin in 1929 and the Moscow trials.Votemoose (talk) 12:51, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Faith?
The article is assigned a number of categories implying that Radek was Jewish (Jewish Ukrainian politicians, Jewish socialists, etc), but there is no mention of his faith, if any, in the article. Can someone with an authoritative source please either remove the categories or update the 'Early Life' section. 101.98.88.223 (talk) 10:53, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Other version
The Leftist Spartacus site implies Radek was killed by the NKVD, not a criminal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.77.163.188 (talk) 14:47, 8 July 2019 (UTC)