2.1.2 Democracy or Communism?

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  • Features of 1918 Kiel Mutiny:
    1. Started by sailors that demanded an end to the monarchy
    2. Rebels set up soviet councils in major cities
    3. Refused to support the new democratic government as it gave power to the capitalists
  • Features of 1919 Spartacist Uprising:
    1. Revolutionaries barricaded the centre of Berlin, setting up local soviets run by workers
    2. Ebert ordered the defence minister Gustav Noske to use the army, which was supported by the Freikorps
    3. More than 100 workers were killed, including the key leader Rosa Luxemburg