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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, Polish-born German revolutionary and agitator who played a key role in founding the Polish Social Democratic Party and the Spartacus League, which grew into the Communist Party of Germany.
Rosa Luxemburg was born in 1871 to a Jewish family in Russian-occupied Poland. After developing a serious hip problem at age 5 she was left with a lifelong limp. As a female, disabled, Polish Jew ...
The Life of Rosa Luxemburg. Rosa Luxemburg was born on 5 March 1871 in the small town of Zamość in the Russian-occupied part of Poland, the daughter of a wood merchant. From 1880 to 1887 she attended high school in Warsaw, achieving excellent grades in an environment normally reserved for the daughters of Russian civil servants.
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 ...
Jan 24, 2019 · It's 100 years since writer, philosopher and anti-war activist Rosa Luxemburg was murdered at the age of 47 by the Freikorps - a right-wing militia that sprung up amid the social and political...
Rosa Luxemburg, (born March 5, 1871, Zamość, Pol., Russian Empire—died Jan. 15, 1919, Berlin, Ger.), Polish-born German political radical, intellectual, and author. As a Jew in Russian-controlled Poland, she was drawn early into underground political activism.
Oct 16, 2023 · MIA: Marxist Writers: Rosa Luxemburg “Freedom only for the supporters of the government, only for the members of one party – however numerous they may be – is no freedom at all. Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.
Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919) fascinates as an emancipated, versatile, and even artistic woman who lived and worked in a time that continues to carry weighty implications for the political Left today. Her views had no chance in the socialist and workers’ movement in the last century; she was ahead of her time.
Mar 5, 2021 · The great Polish Marxist and revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg was born 150 years ago today. In honor of her life and legacy, I thought I’d post some of her works and texts about her along with an introduction to her 1918 polemic The Russian Revolution by Onorato Damen.
