pressured by the spd, a conference of trade unions on 10 august 1923 rejected the call for a general strike, supported the left-wing allgemeiner deutscher gewerkschaftsbund. the kpd, not accepting the defeat held a meeting of all the revolutionary works councils in greater berlin. it called a general strike to bring down the cuno government but was hindered from publicizing the call widely because its "die rote fahne" had been banned.