The imperialist ruling class continues to hate the Russian revolutionary leader V.I. Lenin and his counterpart in Germany, Rosa Luxemburg. There is a difference, however. The rulers’ assault on Lenin is unforgiving. He beat them. This singular hatred for Lenin arose because Lenin and the Bolshevik Party he built led…
In October 1923, the German Communist Party prepared an insurrection and then cancelled it at the last minute, prompting Leon Trotsky to characterize it as “a classic demonstration of how it is possible to miss a perfectly exceptional revolutionary situation of world-historic importance.”
90 years ago, on 30 January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, paving the way for the dictatorship of the Nazis. In this extract, Ted Grant analyses and explains the events that enabled the fascists to come to power.
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