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Wilhelm Liebknecht — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1826–1900 · Germany · Party founder

Wilhelm Liebknecht

Knowledge is power

Co-founder of German socialism.

Reformist Classical Marxist →
Economic−88
SocialistMarket
Governance−42
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+45
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The co-founder, with Bebel, of German Social Democracy, who championed workers' education — 'knowledge is power, power is knowledge' — as the road to emancipation.

social

Progressive enlightener of the working class.

economic

Common ownership through mass democratic organisation.

governance

Parliamentary socialism and workers' education.

Notable for
  • Co-founded the SPD
  • Workers'-education movement
  • 'Knowledge is power'
workers-educationmass-partyemancipation
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