It’s a truism, but nevertheless may be worth repeating: that music and literature of a radical bent can encapsulate the possibilities of their social moment in a way that manifestos and movement histories, no matter how subversive their authors’ politics, are sometimes just unable to match. Yesterday’s dreams of a new tomorrow can live on, […]
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Just a human life!
This article, by Rosa Luxemburg, was published on May 4, 1899 in the Leipziger Volkszeitung (LVZ) newspaper. The LVZ was associated with the German Social Democratic Party. From 1898 to 1902, Luxemburg published over 90 articles in that publication. Her topics covered topics such as militarism, social reform and revolution. But, as this article demonstrates, […]