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17 Feb, 6 tweets, 3 min read
R is for Rosa: Reform or Revolution? Episode 1 of our series for @rosalux_global is out now. Please watch and RT, here's why.... 1/ She lived in an age of authoritarianism and war... so do we... rosalux.de/en/publication…
2/ .... Luxemburg realised the handed-down orthodoxy of the left was useless... so should we... rosalux.de/en/publication…
3/ ... she was a Marxist who realised truth should come from the masses... and that party bureaucracies were always pernicious... that's very relevant today... rosalux.de/en/publication…
4/ ... she crossed a border into chaos, not at the height of the 1905 revolution but during its messy, violent suppression: five months in jail, hunger strike, brutality... here's the story... rosalux.de/en/publication…
5/ ... Luxemburg's Marxism has had a major influence on the British left (via Tony Cliff) but she's an under-studied and under-appreciated figure... rosalux.de/en/publication…
6/ ... the film was funded by the German Foreign Office, through @rosalux_global - the foundation allied to @dieLinke - to learn more about Rosa follow the links here: rosaluxemburg.org/de/

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... if you don't understand the relationship between the fascists and conspiraloons and their mainstream media enablers, read Arendt...
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