Rosa Luxemburg Flashcards
Born-died
1871-1919
What kind of socialist was she?
Marxist
Books/written works
Reform or revoloution 1900
The red flag-newspaper warning against capitalism
Mass strike 1906
Thoughts on human nature
Capitalism crushed the natural fraternity and altruism of people
Why did she oppose nationalism?
She thought socialism would work better on an international scale
What political group did she found?
Sparticus league- became the german socalist party
How did she die?
Murdered by the Freikorps had her body dumped in the now named Rosa Luxemburg canal
Influences on her views
Russian revoloution of 1905- moved to warsaw
Who killed her
Freikorps
Human nature
Has not been damaged to the extent marx suggested altruistism and fraternity still flourish in working class communities
The state
Existing capitalist state should be destroyed by revolution replaced by genuine democracy with free speech and free elections
Society
Capitalist society is class ridden and morally indefensible
The economy
Replace capitalist economy with an economy based on worker’s control
