A Shift in Priorities

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¡ Hi ! ¡ EXCELLENT !:D.

Maybe there exist the posibility that Edith Rowley really work and belived her socialist´s ideas:cool:, but the others peoples in the party, well...:rolleyes:, in any way for the moment are doing a nice work of reconstruction of the brithish society after the civil war:), and who knows, maybe in the next elections the socialist lose the goverment to brithish liberals:cool::D:).

That Jupp journalist are doing the correct questions to the Chancellor, and that interview will it be creating big waves acoss Germany and the rest of Europe, the worst waves maybe it be feeling in France and England:eek::D.

Rosa is dying:(, this is a kick to the leftist and feminists movements around the world, at least she is dying in peace:), and i supose that the groups in america that want her to be arrested and it be at trial, maybe it be angry because she escapes from the hands of american justice..:D;):D.

Peace and good luck:).
 
[FONT=&quot]“You have heard that she has lung cancer? – A tragedy...” he whispered finally. [/FONT]

A tragedy for our story? Yes. A tragedy for the World? Probably not so much...

Everything that weakens the leftists within PDS and strengthens those who think like Scheidemann will be beneficial. Nevertheless I would prefer if PDS manages to keep the radicals within the party to avoid the emergence of a more radical leftist party as IOTL.
 
There is one legacy of Luxemburg ITTL I cherish: She created the impetus ffor the German intelligence services to get their thumbs out of their butts and start to WORK.

And if the PDS radicalizes, all the better. This would marginalize the party in the long run. The radical wing might split off, leading to a smaller democratic PDS and a radicalized, and much less appealing (to the voters) splinter party. Good for diversitiy in the party system, good for democracy. Gerrmany needs some political change anyway ITTL. The PDS was at the helm for too long.
 
Luxemburg's means of checking out is not a pleasent means of doing so, however its still better than what happened to her in OTL. This way she got an extra decade and a half and a chance to be more than the head of doomed movements.

She is not the only viewpoint person in TTL who is past their OTL sell-by-date. It will be very interesting to see how long people who died early in OTL stick around for.
 
Luxemburg's means of checking out is not a pleasent means of doing so, however its still better than what happened to her in OTL. This way she got an extra decade and a half and a chance to be more than the head of doomed movements.

She is not the only viewpoint person in TTL who is past their OTL sell-by-date. It will be very interesting to see how long people who died early in OTL stick around for.

Yeah I wonder what's up with Durrutti in the new Spain?
 
[FONT=&quot]I know well enough, from my own experience, the historical ebb and flow. They are governed by their own laws. Mere impatience will not expedite their change.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot](Leon Trotsky) [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]When reading about Rosa Luxemburg’s demise in the newspapers, the Wanderer felt sad. She had deceased on March 3rd, 1934, at Winterthur, Switzerland. Her funeral had taken place in Berlin on March 5th, 1934, – not in observance of the Jewish rites, as the Wanderer noted with satisfaction, but as proper German state funeral for a person not affiliated with religious creeds. [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]However, the burial had shown her enormous popularity with the German people. Many newspaper articles had compared nationwide popular attendance of Emperor Wilhelm III’s entombment in September 1928 to that of her interment – and had arrived at the conclusion that at least as many people had shown their mourning for Rosa Luxemburg all over the nation as had done so six years ago for Wilhelm.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]The Wanderer thought that this was a remarkable achievement for a woman born to Jewish parents in what at that time had been Russian Poland. It also was a remarkable achievement for a former socialist revolutionary turned responsible democratic politician. Compared to what had happened to the Russian revolutionaries, Luxemburg’s story was one of tremendous success.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Well, Rosa had taught even him a lesson – after all, her approach of seeking democratic parliamentary legitimation for social change had made him develop his theory of permanent democratic evolution, which he recently had published in Britain under the pen name Louis Farmerson.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Luxemburg’s legacy in Germany would most probably be taken up by Ruth Fischer, the current minister of justice in the Wels cabinet. This was another revolutionary turned parliamentarian. She was rather young – and had been flirting with some of his older theories, perhaps he should try to come into contact with her...[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]The German situation was one that the Wanderer had severe problems to analyse. It was a very complex system with several unknowns. But it provided more benefits to the working class than any other system in existence. And it warranted workers’ participation in the decisions of the capitalists – with the full consent of the capitalists. The Wanderer mused that Karl Marx would rotate in his grave if he became witness of today’s German social system, where the workings class and the capitalists co-operated peacefully.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Well, the British had chosen Marx’ approach; one would see how the two systems, the German one and the British one, would fare over time. Contrary to Russia, Britain was a fully developed industrial society – and not a congregation of dumb peasants. However, the Wanderer also had read Pollit’s and Keynes’ appreciation of former Greek command economy. Therefore, he had arrived at the opinion that the German system eventually would prove to be the most efficient and humane one.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]The Wanderer decided to undertake a journey to Germany. Britain he knew already from his sojourn there before and during the British Civil War, but modern Germany he only knew from newspapers and magazines. He would visit Rosa’s tomb – and seek contact to Ruth Fischer...[/FONT]
 
Oh, it would be great if the Wanderer were nabbed by German intelligence/police while on his appreciation tour of the country, the very intelligence apparatus that Rosa Luxemburg höchstselbst whipped into shape.

What became of the assessment concerning spying in Germany, especially by the spoiled brats, uh, Mittelafrikans, by the way?
 
He's pretty much done in world affairs I think. After Russia and Mexico I can't fathom another nation being stupid enough to even contemplate a socialist revolution. Especially with Britain and Germany showing how it can be done peacefully for those that really want to try it out.

Edit: I'm re-reading this once again, and I just came across the decision to send the 'Ost-Juden' to Middle Africa. whatever happened with them? Do they form a large group? How are they represented in the Army? Any latent racial tensions now that Germany and Africa are having a spat?
 
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It seems to me that Germany may be too close to Russia. The "Wanderer" may find Berlin swarming with foreign and domestic spies. With the Russians being less than subtle in they're past methods and the rest likely hoping to grab a prize to put up for auction. Perhaps as in OTL a icepick may be the best of all worlds. Hopefully civilian casualties will be kept to a minimum.
 
Edit: I'm re-reading this once again, and I just came across the decision to send the 'Ost-Juden' to Middle Africa. whatever happened with them? Do they form a large group? How are they represented in the Army? Any latent racial tensions now that Germany and Africa are having a spat?

The (religious) Jewish Partei Gottes (God's Party) scored 1 seat in Groß-Togoland, 1 in Oberkamerun, 2 in Nordwestkongo, and 2 in Ostküste in the recent provincial elections - so some conversions happened and there exist several (black) Jewish communities. - The Ostjuden had to serve a term of eight years in Africa in order to obtain German citizenship. With the creation of the Heymshtot, this approach was discontinued. Thus, the last Ostjuden - now Germans - left Middle Africa in 1933.
 
It seems to me that Germany may be too close to Russia. The "Wanderer" may find Berlin swarming with foreign and domestic spies. With the Russians being less than subtle in they're past methods and the rest likely hoping to grab a prize to put up for auction. Perhaps as in OTL a icepick may be the best of all worlds. Hopefully civilian casualties will be kept to a minimum.

Perhaps one of those Russian femme fetales will eventually be Trotsky's demise...:rolleyes:
 
I'd much prefer the Germans to be the ones to pick him up and then trade him for certain information or clandestine concessions, the way it is always done in that business. Provided Rast plans for him to have his past finally catch up to him.

All that deal-striking and quid-pro-quo'ing has always reminded me of the way business is done in Oriental markets. A bit of haggling and then buying/exchanging :D
 
It seems to me that Trotzki is rethinking his own theories and is indeed very open to the German model. Maybe he quits the ideas of true marxism and revolution altogether. It would be much more interesting to have Trotzki fighting against the radical revolutionary leftists that remain.
 
Mind you, there'll always be nutters preaching true communism. I mean we IOTL have a Marxist Party taht wants the 5-hour work day with nine-hour wages.....
 
and you forget the extreme left nutters that preach uniform salaries (everybody earns the same).

Mind you, there'll always be nutters preaching true communism. I mean we IOTL have a Marxist Party taht wants the 5-hour work day with nine-hour wages.....

in other words they want inflation? ;)

wouldn't it be ideal? 2 day working week, 5 day weekend? unfortunately it doesn't work that way
 
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in other words they want inflation? ;)

wouldn't it be ideal? 2 day working week, 5 day weekend?

Yeah, and those leftists will be most surprised if those with rare qualifications are able to get higher wages which cover inflation, whereas the average worker who those leftists wanted to help suffers the most...
 
[FONT=&quot]No ghost was ever seen by two pair of eyes.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot](Thomas Carlyle)[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The ghosts of the Llanos were black: black ghosts in black clothes coming out of limbo in the black of the night, raising hell – and disappearing again before dawn. They were invisible during daytime, but after dusk, one could hear them gathering. Strange guttural noises could – sometimes – be picked up in the distance, as well as whistling, the sound of bugles and far away drums. And then – around midnight – the attacks would start; nothing big – a sentry vanishing here, a messenger getting missing there, some explosions blasting off somewhere else...[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]After one week, the army was reeling on the brink – for lack of sleep and exhaustion. Every day, one had made fine progress in full day light, no doubt. There was no organised conventional resistance – only that the nights belonged to the ghosts, who came and killed without mercy – and dissolved without leaving a trace before sunrise...[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Eventually, thirty miles north of the Río Apure, the Mantuano army ground to a hold. One needed rest and one needed supplies. The ghosts had hit and annihilated several supply columns – one had to organise rear area control or the whole invasion was doomed. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]And then, one of the ghosts was captured eventually. The man had been hit in the lower leg, the bullet smashing shin bone and splint bone. The other ghosts had tried to recover him, but in this case the mercenaries had been smarter and quicker. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]When interrogated, the man had voluntary told his rank, his name and his unit: Unteroffizier Hans Irebu, mittelafrikanisches Infanterie-Regiment Nummer Vierzehn – and his personnel number – but nothing else. Nevertheless, the leading men of the Mantuanos were now certain that they were fighting Middle African ghosts. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Juan Vicente Gómez was wondering: How had these bastard rebels managed to get a troop of Middle African mercenaries? – That they had enough money for such a move was out of question. But why would the Germans allow their black underlings allow to fight for the Movimiento de la Equidad? – The answer only could be: oil! Obviously, the German EVEG had a finger in the pie – like in Bolivia...[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]This was serious. His contacts in Bogotá had no additional information, but promised to inquire farther, which meant that the US FSO would get on board. – However, all this was secondary; the main question was how to proceed with the reconquest. – From what Gómez was able to deduce, the ‘ghosts’ were nothing but a delaying force, too weak to do substantial damage but sufficient for slowing down his army, which they just had managed to do...[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Thus, the bulk of the Middle African and Venezuelan forces had to be waiting in the northern mountains... [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]After long and agonising deliberations, Gómez came to the conclusion that withdrawal was the wisest thing to do. His force was designed to battle the Venezuelan rabble. These Middle Africans were a horse of quite another colour. After all, he knew what they had done to the mercenaries in Liberia... [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Well, there would come another opportunity...[/FONT]
 
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This operation represents a watershed moment for future special forces development in TTL. They were able to give the impression of being a detachment of a larger army resulting in an albeit temporary victory over far superior forces.

The uniforms worn by Middle African solders have been described as being anthracite colored. This mixed with the outward appearance of the solders and the chosen tactics created the maximum psychological impact. :cool:
 
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