User:Raphael de Kadt

Further developments on Jacques de Kadt: note role in his early career in the formation of - subsequent and disenchantment with - the Dutch Communist Party; the role of Henrietta Roland-Holst and Rosa Luxemburg. The formation of the Independent Socialist Party (OSP) and his partnership with Sal Tas. Note the major pre-second world war publications, especially 'From Tsarism to Stalinism', the study of Georges Sorel and Fascism and the New Freedom. Influence on Floris Cohen's historiographical account of scientific revolutions. Note the intellectual range: articles on Witgenstein, Trotsky, George Kennan, etc. etc. Note friendship with Franz Borkenau. Flight from the the Netherlands. Involvement in indonesian politics. Severe critic of Dutch colonial policy in Indonesia. Association with Soetan Sjarir and Hatta; protagonist of Indonesian independence. Note shift from 'left' to 'right'; sharp critic of Stalinism and the Soviet Union; cold-warrior involved in Nato; Dutch Labour Party parliamentarian through to 1963; key Labour Party spesman on foreign affairs; spent six years as parliarmentary member of the Dutch delegation to the United Nations. Critical of the 'New Left'; Left the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA)in the 1980s.

The article will contain a list of key publications by de Kadt, a list of some studies on him and relevant external links.