Two Masks, Same Face presentation #051 - Karl Schapper

BLOG #051 - Dark Occult Origins of Communism (Karl Schapper)

Karl Schapper (December 30, 1812 to April 28, 1870) was a German socialist and communist. He was one of the pioneers of Communism in Germany, and a close associate of Karl Marx. In 1832, Schapper participated in a failed insurrection in Frankfurt, Germany and was imprisoned. He managed to escape after three months, and made his way to Switzerland, where he became a follower of the utopian communist Wilhelm Weitling. Schapper subsequently joined “Young Germany”, a radical socialist think tank of writers which existed from about 1830 to 1850. “Young Germany” was modeled on, and affiliated with, Giupesse Muzzini’s “Young Italy”. “Young Germany” was regarded as dangerous by many politicians due to its progressive viewpoint, and in December 1835 many of its publications were banned in Germany by the Frankfurt parliament, which claimed that its members were attempting to “attack the Christian religion” and “destroy all morality” through their writings. In 1834, Schapper participated in Giuseppe Muzzilini’s unsuccessful attempt at an armed invasion of Savoy from Switzerland and was once again imprisoned.

In 1836, Schapper was deported from Switzerland for his political activities and went to Paris, where he joined the “League of the Just”. As a member of the League of the Just, Schapper helped forge links between German socialists and radical French communist groups of the 1830s and 1840s. In 1839, Schapper became involved in an unsuccessful insurrection in Paris by the revolutionary secret society, the “Society of the Seasons”, and was again imprisoned. In 1840, Schapper was expelled from France and went to London, where he established the “Communist League” in 1847. In the Communist League, Schapper helped pave the way from the utopian communism of Weitling to the materialist socialism of Marx and Engels. He was responsible for organizing the publication of Marx and Engels’ “Communist Manifesto” in 1848. In 1864, Schapper was involved in the founding of Karl Marx’s communist organization “First International” in London, and was elected to its first governing body, the “General Council” in 1865. Schapper died from tuberculosis in London on April 28, 1870.

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