The SPD abandoned the anti-atomic campaign for electoral calculation

Evidence

But the referendum was prohibited by the Constitutional Court on 30 July 1958to the particular relief of a group of reformists in the SPD grouped around Herbert Wehner, Carlo Schmid, Fritz Erler and Willy Brandt. Reacting to the results of the general election in 1957, this group wanted to transform the SPD into a people’s party, and in their view this demanded an image of demonstrative military commitment. After the overwhelming CDU victory in elections to the regional parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia in July 1958 had shown that support for the campaign against atomic weapons was not bringing in votes, the forces in the SPD and DGB which were determined to let the campaign grind to a halt gained the upper hand. And this did in fact seal its fate. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2347

Reacting to the results of the general election in 1957, this group wanted to transform the SPD into a people’s party, and in their view this demanded an image of demonstrative military commitment. After the overwhelming CDU victory in elections to the regional parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia in July 1958 had shown that support for the campaign against atomic weapons was not bringing in votes, the forces in the SPD and DGB which were determined to let the campaign grind to a halt gained the upper hand. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2346

Categorization

• XREF: Foreshadows the Godesberg transformation of the SPD, and connects to the Institute’s claim that fascism bought mass loyalty through employment (ch43). — connects to: The SPD expelled the SDS over atomic weapons, Nazi-lawyer exposures, and Godesberg criticism. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2381; The SPD expelled its own critical left-wing public sphere when it banned the SDS — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2381; The SPD expelled the SDS to destroy its internal critical public sphere. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2381
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2347; Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2346

Broader Connections

• The SPD expelled the SDS over atomic weapons, Nazi-lawyer exposures, and Godesberg criticism. #expands (0.78) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2381
• The SPD expelled its own critical left-wing public sphere when it banned the SDS #expands (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2381
• The SPD expelled the SDS to destroy its internal critical public sphere. #expands (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2381