Rosa Luxemburg





Rosa Luxemburg

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born
in Zamość, Poland
March 05, 1870

died
January 15, 1919

gender
female

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Rosa Luxemburg (Rosalia Luxemburg, Polish: Róża Luksemburg) was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and activist of Polish Jewish descent who became a naturalized German citizen. She was successively a member of the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, the Social Democratic Party of Germany(SPD), the Independent Social Democratic Party and the Communist Party of Germany.

In 1915, after the SPD supported German involvement in World War I, she co-founded, with Karl Liebknecht, the anti-war Spartakusbund (Spartacist League). On 1 January 1919 the Spartacist League became the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). In November 1918, during the German Revolution she founded the Die Rote Fahne (The Red Flag), the central organ...more


Average rating: 4.14 · 878 ratings · 48 reviews · 58 distinct works · Similar authors
Reform or Revolution
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 328 ratings — published 1900 — 7 editions
The Accumulation of Capital
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1951 — 17 editions
The Essential Rosa Luxembur...
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4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
The Russian Revolution/Leni...
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1961 — 2 editions
The Rosa Luxemburg Reader
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4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
Rosa Luxemburg Speaks
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1979 — 2 editions
The Mass Strike
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1970 — 6 editions
Reform or Revolution & Othe...
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4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1899
The Letters of Rose Luxemburg
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions
Briefe aus dem Gefängnis
4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1991 — 10 editions
More books by Rosa Luxemburg…
“Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.”
Rosa Luxemburg

“Being human means throwing your whole life on the scales of destiny when need be, all the while rejoicing in every sunny day and every beautiful cloud.”
Rosa Luxemburg

“Freiheit ist immer die Freiheit des Andersdenkenden

Freedom is always, and exclusively, freedom for the one who thinks differently.”
Rosa Luxemburg

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