Rosa Luxemburg : Polish and Naturalised-German Revolutionary Socialist, Marxist Philosopher, Anti-war Activist, Executed Aged 47 by US-supported German Authoritarians

March 5, 1871 — January 15, 1919

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A Polish and naturalised-German revolutionary socialist, Marxist philosopher and anti-war activist. Successively, she was a member of the Proletariat party, the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL), the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD), the Spartacus League (Spartakusbund), and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).

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March 5, 1871

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January 15, 1919

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• Britannica.com: Rosa Luxemburg

• Plato.Stanford.edu: Luxemburg

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