Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburgwas a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist, Anti-War Activist, and revolutionary socialist of Polish-Jewish descent who became a naturalized German citizen. She was, successively, a member of the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, the Social Democratic Party of Germany, the Independent Social Democratic Party, and the Communist Party of Germany...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth5 March 1871
CountryRussian Federation
self historical criticism
Marxism must abhor nothing so much as the possibility that it becomes congealed in its current form. It is at its best when butting heads in self-criticism, and in historical thunder and lightning, it retains its strength.
views world clear-view
The most revolutionary act is a clear view of the world as it really is.
forgotten ifs
We will be victorious if we have not forgotten how to learn.
rocks victory elements
The masses are the decisive element, they are the rock on which the final victory of the revolution will be built.
self roots evil
Self-criticism, cruel, unsparing criticism that goes to the very root of the evil, is life and breath for the proletarian movement.
leadership reality creating
The masses are in reality their own leaders, dialectically creating their own development process.
song rude bird
Only to the rude ear of one who is quite indifferent does the song of a bird seem always the same.
struggle movement tiny
It is in the tiny struggles of individual peoples that the great movements of history are most truly revealed.
inspirational women acceptance
Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.
freedom battle speech
Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public institution withers away, becomes a caricature of itself, and bureaucracy rises as the only deciding factor.
war mean civilization
Friedrich Engels once said: "Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism." What does "regression into barbarism" mean to our lofty European civilization? Until now, we have all probably read and repeated these words thoughtlessly, without suspecting their fearsome seriousness. A look around us at this moment shows what the regression of bourgeois society into barbarism means. This world war is a regression into barbarism. The triumph of imperialism leads to the annihilation of civilization.
party thinking government
Freedom only for 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. Not because of any fanatical concept of 'justice' but because all that is instructive, wholesome and purifying in political freedom depends on this essential characteristic, and its effectiveness vanishes when 'freedom' becomes a special privilege.
democracy socialism
There is no democracy without socialism, and no socialism without democracy.
country struggle fighting
The working classes in every country only learn to fight in the course of their struggles.