The roots of the Spartacist Uprising lie in the split between the pro and anti-war factions of the German Socialist Party (SPD). The best red flag is when a jew talks about liberty and equality,both code words for torture and enslavement, An even greater hebraic “tell” is when they worry openly about “defending OUR DEMOCRACY” – the greatest lie ever told to Americans who have not been taught unadulterated history – where we are in fact a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC, and our European Founding Fathers understood that a “Democracy” always devolved into mob rule. (28), The ‘revolution’, when it came, was thus something of a damp squid and the enemies of the radical left – both on the right and moderate left – immediately began calling for the Spartacists to be executed wholesale. Liebknecht and Luxemburg were the founders of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), formerly known as the Spartacus League. Januar 1919 in Berlin) war ein prominenter Marxist und Antimilitarist zu Zeiten des Deutschen Kaiserreiches. The women are the worst. However response took both the Spartacists and UPSD leaders by complete was premature and doomed to fail, because it didn’t currently have the (1), The During 1890 1893 he studied law and economics. disperse having realised they didn’t have the necessary numbers, but a (33). Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht was a German socialist, originally in the Social Democratic Party of Germany and later a co-founder with Rosa Luxemburg of the Spartacist League and the Communist Party of Germany which split away from the SPD. (17), An astonishing 200,000 workers – some armed – came out in support of the call. Varg…, There are over two thousand cryptos in existence as of this day. (21), This rather significant detail and making it sound bigger than it actually ... the Marxist revolutionary movement founded by Luxemburg and Liebknecht in reaction to the SPD… He is best known for his opposition to World War I in the Reichstag and his role in the Spartacist uprising of 1919. By October 30, sailors of the Germany North Sea Fleet had mutinied and a wave of strikes spread through the major cities in defense of the sailors. Liebknecht and Luxembourg among others (including Leo Jogiches, Paul Levi and Clara Zetkin as well as USPD and radical Trade Union representatives) met and agreed that ‘the revolution was at stake’ and called for a public demonstration against the SPD’s collaboration with ‘reactionaries’ and ‘class enemies’ . Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht (German: [ˈliːpknɛçt] (); 13 August 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a German socialist politician and theorist, originally of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and later a co-founder with Rosa Luxemburg of the Spartacist League and the Communist Party of Germany, which split from the SPD after World War I. After the SPD supported German involvement in World War I in 1915, Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht co-founded the anti-war Spartacus League (Spartakusbund) which eventually became the KPD. The SPD, appealing to the bourgeoisie and middle strata, had started to shift the greater part of the tax burden on the working masses, left private property untouched, dissolved the Workers’, Sailors’, and Soldiers’ Councils, and ultimately left power in the hands of the imperialist bourgeoisie. The SPD-led German government unleashed the reactionary Freikorps militias to put down the threat posed by the KPD, ultimately leading the way for the Nazi’s rise to power in the 1930s. So said th…, Judeo-supremacy and capitalism. Jacobin, the globe’s leading neo-Kautskyite magazine, published an article on the centennial of the Bolshevik Revolution that explicitly whitewashes the counter-revolutionaries in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who have the blood of renowned Marxist leaders Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht on their hands. they put down one of Lenin’s best hopes for spreading the Bolshevik Lenin recognized her as a revolutionary martyr, as a great daughter of the German proletariat, which is how the international proletariat and oppressed people of the world recognize her and Liebknecht today. The Spartacists — Jogiches, Liebknecht and Luxembourg having been released by a general amnesty for political prisoners declared by Friedrich Ebert’s new socialist government on 9th November 1918 — (10) interpreted these – somewhat correctly – as being a German version of the Soviets which had been in power between the February and October revolutions of 1917 in Russia. (5), These were written by Leo Jogiches, Paul Levi, Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxembourg, Franz Mehring, Clara Zetkin among others, (6) but were all based off of Rosa Luxembourg’s — a Jewish Marxist theorist from Poland – pamphlet ‘The Crisis of German Social Democracy’ that was signed ‘Junius’ and published in December 1915. 1918; Kaiser Wilhelm II went into exile and Chancellor Max von Baden revolution across Europe and ultimately the world. many people against the war as he could and preaching that their real December 1918 to secure the support of the still powerful Reichswehr in 1900 wurde Karl Liebknecht Mitglied der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands, 1901 sozialdemokratischer Stadtverordneter in Berlin. spent the entire First World War – even when in prison – mobilising as In January 1916, Luxemburg, Liebknecht, and Clara Zetkin formed an anti-imperialist faction within the SPD named the Spartacus League. Karl Liebknecht war im Dezember 1914 der einzige Abgeordnete der SPD, der gegen die Kriegskredite stimmte. Das Votum trieb einen Keil durch die deutsche Linke und sorgt noch heute für Streit. Nigel Jones, 2004, ‘A Brief History of the Birth of the Nazis: How the that the political situation was escalating rapidly from a radical Aftermath of the Great War’ , 1st Edition, Vintage: New York, p. 225, Pierre Broue, 2006, ‘The German Revolution, 1917-1923’ , 1st Edition, Haymarket: Chicago, pp. Cit., pp. (26), This nondescript mob promptly began to By November 9, there was a general strike across the whole country, and Workers’ and Soldiers’ Councils took control of Berlin and other major cities. Born in Leipzig, he was, as the son of an SPD founder, steeped in socialist ideology. While it only lasted one week, the bourgeois German state (Weimar Republic) saw the real threat that the nascent KPD posed and in response made the Party illegal, ordering the assassination of Liebknecht and Luxemburg. OAKLAND: Militarized, Pre-Dawn Police Operation Evicts Black Mothers Occupying Investor Property, DELAWARE: Fascist Attacks and Vandalizes Planned Parenthood. Karl Liebknecht gehörte schon vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg zu den Wortführern des linken Flügels innerhalb der SPD. Both were rightfully declared revolutionary martyrs to the Communist cause and the KPD was reorganized. That very same day, the Freikorp were called in by Ebert and went on a rampage, indiscriminately firing heavy mortars and laying down gunfire into the barricades. When the USPD moved to negotiate peace with SPD German President Friedrich Ebert, however, the KPD left the Revolutionary Committee and ordered an improvised offensive on government installations and transportation infrastructure. called in all the Reichswehr and Freikorps units in the area to deal Karl Liebknecht. The artist rarely depicted real people, though … German artist Käthe Kollwitz worked almost exclusively in this medium and became known for her prints that celebrated the plight of the working-class. that now was the time for a communist revolution to be launched. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The International Communist Movement, then as now, does not shy away from line-struggle. Liebknecht’s and Luxemburg’s graves remain a shrine of revolutionary martyrdom to this day, visited every winter by a procession of German Maoists, revolutionaries, and the masses in what is known as the ‘Luxemburg-Liebknecht-Lenin demonstration.’ They march through the streets of Berlin and lay red carnations on their gravestones in the Friedrichsfelde Cemetery. (2), The roots of the Spartacist Uprising lie in the split between the pro and anti-war factions of the German Socialist Party (SPD). (7). They do so as part of the revolutionary struggle to reconstitute the KPD. Er setzte sich weiterhin gegen den Krieg ein und reiste sogar durchs Land, um zusammen mit Rosa Luxemburg gegen die Finanzierung des Krieges einzutreten. it was not until the Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD) On January 15, 1919, Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg were assassinated in Berlin, robbing the working class of Germany of their main leaders at the height of revolutionary ferment. Bachelors Thesis: University of Minnesota, p. 17, Ibid; Howard Sachar, 2003, ‘Dreamland: Europeans and Jews in the In 1897 he took a doctorate… the German surrender at the end of the First World War in November Apja Wilhelm Liebknecht, szocialista, a Németország Szociáldemokrata Pártja (Socialdemokratische Partei Deutschland – SPD) egyik alapítója. Despite often being thought of as being of Jewish origin, this was not in fact the case. Then you have no need to “interact with the police”…, Copyright ©1970-2020 nationalvanguard.org, All Rights Reserved. Seit 1900 Mitglied der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands, war er von 1912 bis 1916 einer ihrer Abgeordneten im Reichstag, wo er den linksrevolutionären Flügel der SPD vertrat. Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht (German: [ˈliːpknɛçt] (); 13 August 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a German socialist politician and theorist, originally in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and later a co-founder with Rosa Luxemburg of the Spartacist League and the Communist Party of Germany which split away from the SPD. The murder of Luxemburg and Liebknecht stands today as a prime example of the treachery of social democracy and the collaboration between so-called ‘socialists’ and the imperialist bourgeoisie. Luxemburg and Liebknecht, like their contemporary the Great Vladimir Lenin who orchestrated the Great October Socialist Revolution, denounced the Second International in 1914 at the beginning of World War I, when French and German social democrats voted for war credits for their respective countries and agreed to block any strike activity levied against the war. Freikorps Blazed a Trail for Hitler’ , 2nd Edition, Robinson: London, Robert Service, 2008, ‘Comrades: Communism: A World History’ , 1st Edition, Pan: London, p. 85, Manuel Berduc, 2016, ‘Against Putschism: Paul Levi’s Politics, the This was because in order to secure the communist revolution that they had worked so long to achieve, they needed the situation to further deteriorate so that – in the words of Marx and Engels – ‘the proletariat will see they have nothing to lose but their chains’. It became an armed demonstration, as many brought firearms to defend against police attacks. (20), The result of these talks – primarily lead by Liebknecht with both Jogiches and Luxembourg opposing the resolution – was the decision to call the workers once again out on to the street with the explicit objective of leading them in a revolution. should not be understood to mean – as Berduc has rightly pointed out – many respects the heroes of the affair, because by their prompt action (4), Things began moving more quickly in January 1916 when anonymous letters signed ‘Spartacus’ began circulating that preached this same message to their primarily working class readership. 100 years ago: Karl Liebknecht expelled from German SPD. David Luxemburg, like Trotsky, often occupied a centrist position within the Social Democratic movement, but unlike Trotsky she came to see the need for an organized vanguard and centralized international in the final years of her life. 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