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Rosa Luxemburg (Polish: Róża Luksemburg, [ˈruʐa ˈluksɛmburk] ⓘ; German: [ˈʁoːza ˈlʊksm̩bʊʁk] ⓘ; born Rozalia Luksenburg; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a Polish and naturalised-German revolutionary socialist, orthodox Marxist, and anti-War activist during the First World War.
May 13, 2024 · Rosa Luxemburg. Born: March 5, 1871, Zamość, Poland, Russian Empire [now in Poland] Died: January 15, 1919, Berlin, Germany (aged 47) Founder: Spartacus League. Political Affiliation: Communist Party of Germany.
- "I want to burden the conscience of the affluent with all the suffering and all the hidden, bitter tears" Kate Evans. Rosa showed you're never too young to start fighting against inequality.
- "Capitalism tends to engulf the entire globe... yet it is unable to exist by itself; it needs other economic mediums as its soil" Kate Evans. She studied for a doctorate in economics.
- "Socialism or barbarism" Kate Evans. And she firmly believed that when capitalism was in crisis, there was but a simple choice - a socialist society was preferable to the chaos and cruelty she blamed on rampant capitalism.
- "Only direct mass action can bring about change!" Kate Evans. Dr Luxemburg was a supporter of socialist revolution, and she incited people to rise up and take control of their lives.
During a brief, unsuccessful Communist uprising in Berlin in January 1919, she and Liebknecht were captured by right-wing paramilitary freebooters and murdered; Luxemburg's body was thrown into a canal.
Jan 24, 2019 · The writer and activist Rosa Luxemburg was murdered 100 years ago. Kate Evans, cartoonist and Luxemburg's latest biographer, tells us why she still matters today.
Apr 13, 2022 · Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919), described by one of her colleagues as the “most brilliant intellect of all the scientific heirs of Marx and Engels” (Fröhlich 1940/2010: 153 citing Franz Mehring in Neue Zeit) is one of the most original and influential thinkers in the history of Marxism. Her life and works stand out for the unique combination ...
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The murder of revolutionary leaders Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht on 15th January 1919 at the hands of the proto-Nazi Freikorps marked the end of the Spartacist Week – the failed workers’ uprising in Berlin. Incredibly their murder was ordered by a Socialist (SPD) government.
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