[lbo-talk] Rosa Luxemburg

John E. Norem jnorem at cox.net
Thu Jan 15 09:52:51 PST 2009


REMEMBERING ROSA

Luxemburg Still Popular 90 Years after Assassination

By Siobhán Dowling

*Rosa Luxemburg helped found the German Communist Party and was brutally murdered 90 years ago for her efforts. Today, she continues to provide inspiration to lefties and feminists the world over. But do those who revere her really understand her?*

Visitors to Berlin who stroll away from Alexander Platz to take a look at the imposing Volksbühne theater and the Hans Poelzig designed Babylon Cinema nearby may be puzzled to notice a series of metal words embedded at zigzag angles into the pavement. A closer look, though, reveals that the installation is yet another monument to history in a city full of them.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,601475,00.html



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