Abstract
The Revolutionary Shop Stewards (Revolutionare Obleute) were an organised group of unionists in Berlin’s metal industry who mobilised workers against Germany’s war efforts during the First World War and played a key role in the German Revolution. One of their leaders, Richard Muller, was appointed chairperson of the Executive Council of the Workers’ and Soldiers’ councils, which was theoretically the highest political authority during the weeks of November and December 1918. This chapter examines the Revolutionary Shop Steward’s involvement in the German Revolution and the political theory of council socialism developed by Richard Muller and Ernst Daumig.
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