94 years ago today, on 15 January 1919, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in Berlin were beaten to death by murderers in uniform—people who were part of the same crowd that would later openly support handing power over to the Nazis.
To commemorate this occasion below is the link to the reading of Rosa Luxemburg’s letters, performed by acclaimed actress Kathleen Chalfant:
Introduction by Albert Scharenberg, Co-executive director of the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung New York Office
4:35 Leo Jogiches, July 16, 1897. A prominent figure in Russian, Polish, and German labor movements; Luxemburg's lover from the early 1890s to 1907.
12:35 Robert Seidel, June 23, 1898. Social Democrat, teacher, and journalist; later moved from Saxony to Zurich in Switzerland.
16:10 Karl Kautsky, October 3, 1901. Chief Editor of journal Neue Zeit; once colleagues and friends, Luxemburg broke from him in 1910 over issues of reform politics.
19:53 Henriette Roland Holst, December 17 and October 27, 1904. Dutch writer and socialist; active in the proletarian women's movement.
27:05 Karl and Luise Kautsky, February 5, 1906. Chief Editor of journal Neue Zeit and his wife, a longtime friend of Luxemburg.
32:55 Kostya Zetkin, May 23, 1907. Physician and son of Clara Zetkin; Luxemburg's lover after her breakup with Jogiches in 1907.
35:30 Paul Levi, August 31, 1914. Luxemburg's lawyer and published of her book "The Russian Revolution"; adherent of the Spartacus Group.
38:10 Karl Moor, October 12, 1914. Swiss Social Democrat and communist; supported Luxemburg's anti-war views during World War I.
45:00 Luise Kautsky, April 15, 1917. Wife of Karl Kautsky and longtime friend of Luxemburg.
51:50 Clara Zetkin, January 11, 1919. Close friend of Luxemburg; leader of the proletarian women's movement and initiator of International Women's Day.
EXCERPTED FROM: "The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg" (2011), Edited by Georg Adler, Peter Hudis, and Annelies Laschitza. Verso Books: Brooklyn, NY (in cooperation with the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung)
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Zendanian – An injury to one is an injury to all.
ReportIt seems, as if you're a five feet Polish Jewish women, and the last man of German Social Democracy, Berliners make an exception for you, every single year in the thousands.
Roger_Rabbit – Framed
ReportApparently Berliners are quite liberal minded when it comes to naming their streets.
http://www.exberliner.com/articles/colonial-berlin-in-10-stops/
Roger_Rabbit – Framed
ReportSorry but as sad as it is may I ask what is the morale of this commemoration? Luxemberg and Liebknecht were not exactly what you may describe as a pair of peace loving pacifists. Both were hot headed Marxists who incited an armed uprsing against a parlimentary represented Weimar government that they obviously disapproved of.
Fascism and Communism are the two sides of the same coin.
My condolences to all the Comrades.
Zendanian – An injury to one is an injury to all.
ReportNot many Polish women are so respected and commemorated in Germany, every single year, as Rosa Luxemburg is.
Angali khan, Rosa Luxemburg was actually the first victim of Nazi's, watch the movie.
Also go and read Rosa on "General Strike" and educate yourself a bit, even an old dog could learn new things. It's a shame how you always lecture about material you're completely ignorant of.
Must be your SAVAKi mis educations.
Condolences to all anti-communist Angalis still caught in the Cold-War.
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The Rosa Luxemburg Memorial
http://www.berlin-hidden-places.de/yuba_web3/regional_en/tier/tier_rosa_en.htm
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To those of us living in Berlin, her name rings through our ears every time we hop on the U-Bahn heading towards Mitte. Rosa Luxemburg Platz, named after her in 1969, is in the centre of it all – home to the Babylon Kino, Volksbühne, and situated just around the corner from Alexanderplatz.
http://www.slowtravelberlin.com/2012/05/22/rosa-luxemburg/
Binesh – Breathing stale air depresses me.
ReportThose who do not move, do not notice their chains.
~ Rosa Luxemburg
آنها که حرکت نمی کنند متوجه زنجیرهایشان نیز نمی شوند
~ رزا لوکزامبورگ
Zendanian – An injury to one is an injury to all.
ReportComrade and Lover
Rosa Luxemburg's Letters to Leo Jogiches
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A revolutionary, a Marxist, and one of the leaders of the world socialist movement, Rosa Luxemburg fought for social justice and for the man she loved with equal passion and determination. This skillful and sensitive translation of her letters to Leo Jogiches reveals an affair which came to be seen as "the greatest and most tragic love story of Socialism."
http://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/rosa-luxemburg
Zendanian – An injury to one is an injury to all.
Report"Freedom is always the freedom of the one who thinks differently," Rosa Luxemburg
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Rosa Luxemburg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5erwGzLK4J0