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Rosa Luxemburg
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Rosa Luxemburg @ 150: an historic inspiration
In January 1919, after a failed uprising led by the newly-formed German Communist Party, Rosa Luxemburg refused to leave Berlin despite the real threats against her; she didn’t want to leave her fellow workers who were experiencing counter-revolutionary repression. The Freikorps (paramilitary units) were sent to remove the ‘head of the beast’ - the revolutionary masses - by executing their influential leaders, including Luxemburg.
100 years after her murder – remembering Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg was a leader of the German working class and revolutionary movement. Together with her comrade Karl…