Leo Jogiches, one of Rosa Luxemburg's closest collaborators, was also murdered by the police. Historian Nathaniel Flakin argues he deserves a plaque at his house in Neukölln.
Nick Heath on the wave of rebellions and uprisings of rank-and-file Russian workers and peasants across the country in 1919-1921 against the Bolsheviks, who were consolidating their grip on power. Contrary to the Bolsheviks' claims, these rebellions were not reactionary but in fact in support of the original aims of the revolution: socialism, and workers' and peasants' self-management. Taken together they can be referred to as a Third Revolution.
The role that Snyder is playing in justifying the imperialist proxy war against Russia in Ukraine and the alliance of US imperialism with the Ukrainian far right make it imperative to investigate his book more closely.
Demands for peace must be linked to the abolition of standing armies, a popular militia and the aim of ending capitalism. <strong>Mario Kessler</strong> celebrates the anti-militarism of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
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