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Rosa Luxemburg — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1871–1919 · Poland / Germany · Revolutionary & theorist

Rosa Luxemburg

Freedom is always for the dissenter

Revolution through mass democracy, not dictatorship.

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Governance−24
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The revolutionary theorist who insisted socialism must be won democratically by the masses themselves, warning that dictatorship would strangle the freedom it claimed to serve.

social

Radical internationalist and anti-militarist.

economic

Common ownership won by the self-activity of the working masses.

governance

Fiercely democratic — attacked Lenin's vanguard and the suppression of dissent.

Notable for
  • 'The Russian Revolution' (critique of Lenin)
  • Mass-strike theory
  • Co-founded the Spartacus League
mass-spontaneitydemocracyinternationalism
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