| Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiter-Verein General German Workers Association | |
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| Founded | 2008 |
| Ideology | Democratic Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Leader | Agna Viehmann |
| Chairman | Elsko Grasser |
| Headquarters | Willy-Brandt-Haus D-10911 Berlin |
| Official colors | Red |
| Seats in the - Reichsrat - Reichstag | 15 of 60 192 of 599 |
| Website | www.adav.dr |
The General German Workers' Association (Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiter-Verein, ADAV) is a left of centre, socialist party which seeks to represent the working class and works to establish socialism by democratic means. It includes former members of the now defunct United Left. The United Left (Vereinigte Linke) was an alliance of several leftist opposition groupings in the Republic of Prussia. Among them were Christian Socialists, Trotskyists, adherents of the Titoistic system of self-management and some former SED-members.
The United Left demanded the reformation of a socialist state along the lines of the former German Democratic Republic, but with more emphasis on democracy. There were however organizational problems and internal controversies between the different ideological tendencies within the United Left. These are the main reasons the party imploded in the wake of the Weimar Conference.