August Thalheimer (March 18, 1884 - September 19, 1948) on Elections and Capitalism(published by RevoltSource) |
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German Marxist Activist, Theorist, Pre-WW1 Member of the German Social Democratic Party, Edited Party Newspaper Volksfreund, and a Founder Member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
: A German Marxist activist and theorist. He was a member of the German Social Democratic Party prior to the First World War. He edited Volksfreund, one of the party newspapers, and from, he 1916 worked on Spartakusbriefe, the official paper of the Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD). (From: Wikipedia.org.)
Quote #6 on Political Struggle Quotes >> Elections and Capitalism
“Democracy was then still a revolutionary slogan, today it is a reactionary shackle on the movement, and this is brought to the consciousness of the working class through the mass experience of the general strike. Then Socialism was a far distant ideal, today it is a question of life or death...”
Source: "The British General Strike - Its Place in History," by August Thalheimer, Source: The Communist International, No. 22, 1926, pp. 42-58.
Its Place in History
: "The British General Strike - Its Place in History," by August Thalheimer, Source: The Communist International, No. 22, 1926, pp. 42-58.
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