The 4th International : Rosa’s Reich
The 4th International | Rosa’s Reich → Anthem
POD: The Spartacist General Strike
“Those who do not move, do not notice their chains” - Rosa Luxemburg
On the night of December 30, 1918, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht co-founders of the Spartacus League, radical leftists that had in months prior split with now ruling Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), met in Liebknecht's residence with other Sparticist members to discuss the revolutionary situation in Germany.
With the Great War now over, the Kaiser’s throne now empty and German masses starving in the streets, many thought the epoch of the German proletariat was at hand.
During the meeting it was argued, primarily by Karl Liebknecht and his followers, that only through violently seizing the means of production and toppling the bourgeois democracy of the SPD would total victory for the German proletariat be achieved. Others in attendance lead vocally by Rosa Luxemburg argued that violent revolution would only spell doom for the communist cause as the German masses had yet to be swayed to sympathize with worker cause.
During those critical hours of the debate, several leaders of the Independent Socialists (Unabhängige Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands), another faction that had formed from within the SPD secretly renounced their official party affiliation, and 11th hour, arrived at the Spartacus League meeting.
Entering into the secret meeting room, the leaders heard Rosa speak.
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Immediately swayed due their democratic attitudes, the Independent Socialists quickly announced an allegiance with Rosa and her faction, prompting a final vote to be called.
Rosa Luxemburg won out and a final policy was decided.
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The 4th International | Rosa’s Reich → Anthem
POD: The Spartacist General Strike
“Those who do not move, do not notice their chains” - Rosa Luxemburg
On the night of December 30, 1918, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht co-founders of the Spartacus League, radical leftists that had in months prior split with now ruling Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), met in Liebknecht's residence with other Sparticist members to discuss the revolutionary situation in Germany.
With the Great War now over, the Kaiser’s throne now empty and German masses starving in the streets, many thought the epoch of the German proletariat was at hand.
During the meeting it was argued, primarily by Karl Liebknecht and his followers, that only through violently seizing the means of production and toppling the bourgeois democracy of the SPD would total victory for the German proletariat be achieved. Others in attendance lead vocally by Rosa Luxemburg argued that violent revolution would only spell doom for the communist cause as the German masses had yet to be swayed to sympathize with worker cause.
During those critical hours of the debate, several leaders of the Independent Socialists (Unabhängige Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands), another faction that had formed from within the SPD secretly renounced their official party affiliation, and 11th hour, arrived at the Spartacus League meeting.
Entering into the secret meeting room, the leaders heard Rosa speak.
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Immediately swayed due their democratic attitudes, the Independent Socialists quickly announced an allegiance with Rosa and her faction, prompting a final vote to be called.
Rosa Luxemburg won out and a final policy was decided.
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- Communist Party of Germany (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands) (KPD) would be formed as a merger between all of the socialist factions in attendance.
- A Mass General Strike would be called for January 15, 1919.
- Rosa Luxemburg was elected as Party Leader of the KPD
- The Communist Party of Germany would publicly renounce violent revolution
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