▁theory ▁ ▁Council ▁commun ists ▁maintain ▁that ▁the ▁working ▁class ▁should ▁not ▁rely ▁on ▁Len in ist ▁v angu ard ▁parties ▁or ▁hope ▁for ▁re forms ▁of ▁the ▁capital ist ▁system ▁to ▁bring ▁social ism . ▁It ▁is ▁viewed ▁that ▁worker ' s ▁revolution ▁will ▁not ▁be ▁led ▁by ▁a ▁revolution ary ▁political ▁party ▁since ▁these ▁parties ▁will ▁only ▁later ▁create ▁a ▁party ▁dict ator ship . ▁Work er ' s ▁coun c ils ▁which ▁form ▁during ▁periods ▁of ▁struggle ▁are ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁natural ▁organizations ▁of ▁the ▁working ▁class . ▁Democratic ▁worker ' s ▁coun c ils ▁will ▁coordinate ▁the ▁functions ▁of ▁a ▁society ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁b ureau c racy ▁found ▁in ▁state ▁social ist ▁soci eties . ▁ ▁History ▁▁ ▁As ▁the ▁Second ▁International ▁decay ed ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁I , ▁social ists ▁who ▁opposed ▁national ism ▁and ▁supported ▁pro let arian ▁international ism ▁re group ed . ▁In ▁Germany , ▁two ▁major ▁commun ist ▁tr ends ▁emer ged . ▁First , ▁the ▁Spart ac us ▁League ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁the ▁radical ▁social ist ▁Rosa ▁Luxemb urg . ▁The ▁second ▁tr end ▁emer ged ▁among ▁German ▁rank - and - file ▁trade ▁union ists ▁who ▁opposed ▁their ▁un ions ▁and ▁organized ▁increasing ly ▁radical ▁strik es ▁towards ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 7 ▁and ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 8 . ▁This ▁second ▁tr end ▁created ▁the ▁German ▁Left ▁Commun ist ▁movement ▁that ▁would ▁become ▁the ▁K AP D ▁after ▁the ▁abort