Why capitalism cannot overcome its internal contradictions and the working class cannot reform away exploitation and economic crises.

A polemic writing by the famous Red Rosa Luxemburg, Reform or Revolution (1899) explains why capitalism can never overcome its internal contradictions. An effective refutation of revisionist interpretations of Marxist doctrine, it defines the position of scientific socialism on the issues of social reforms, the state, democracy, and the character of the proletarian revolution.
Reform or Revolution opposes Edward Bernstein's revisionist theories, which rejected Marxism in favor of trade unionism and parliamentary procedures. Luxemburg offers articulate and reasoned objections to all of Bernstein's arguments. She defends the necessity for socialism, which provides an answer to the contradictions and inevitable crisis of the capitalist economy, along with a means for a transformation in working class consciousness. This essay remains a key explanation of why there can be no parliamentary road to socialism. It appears here together with Luxemburg's writings on Leninism or Marxism, The Mass Strike, and The Russian Revolution.

The three texts this book, all written in vastly different eras --The Communist Manifesto (1848) by Marx and Engels, Reform or Revolution (1899) by Rosa Luxemburg and Socialism and Man in Cuba (1965) by Ernesto Che Guevara--illuminate socialist ideas of the 19th and 20th centuries.

For a new generation of activists, these are classic revolutionary writings by four famous rebels, including The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; Reform or Revolution by Rosa Luxemburg; and Che Guevara's Socialism and Man in Cuba. Includes an introduction by Cuban Marxist intellectual Armando Hart and a preface by US radical poet Adrienne Rich.

The essays in this book, Manifesto, were written by three relatively young people--Karl Marx when he was 30, Rosa Luxemburg at 27, Che Guevara at the age of 37. Born into different historical moments and different generations, they shared an energy of hope, an engagement with history, a belief that critical thinking must inform action, and a passion for the world and its human possibilities. Here are urgent conversations from the past that are still being carried on, among new voices, throughout the world.

Selected writings from Red Rosa Luxemburg, one of the founders of the German Communist Party. Contains The National Question, concerning the relationship of subject nations to socialism; Reform or Revolution?, concerning the reformist program of parliamentary socialism; The Socialist Crisis in France, concerning the entry of the Socialist Party into the French Government; and other essays.

2021 Reprint of the 1937 Edition. Reform or Revolution is the classic statement of the position of scientific socialism on the questions of capitalist development, 'historical necessity, ' social reforms, the State, democracy and the character of the proletarian revolution. It was written in criticism of the ideas presented by Eduard Bernstein, a proponent of more gradual change or reform as opposed to orthodox theories of revolution as espoused by Marx and Luxembourg. At the age of twenty-seven, she had established herself as a major figure in the Second International by offering one of the most comprehensive criticisms of Bernstein's revisionist call to prioritize the method of reform over that of revolution. A close friend and collaborator of Engels, a Marxist of impeccable credentials but also a pioneering advocate of gay rights, Bernstein was also the first to articulate a non revolutionary path to socialism in what is widely considered the founding text of modern social democracy: The Preconditions of Socialism and the Tasks of Social Democracy (1899). At stake in Bernstein's dilemma, she argued, was not just a tactical choice, a mere discussion about this or that method of struggle; it was the very existence of the Social Democratic movement as a distinctive force in the struggle against capitalism.

2021 Reprint of the 1940 Edition. Translated by Bertram D. Wolfe. Facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. In this short work the author criticizes the Bolsheviks and presents a prescient warning of their dictatorship. Nonetheless, she continued to call for a dictatorship of the proletariat, albeit not of the one-party Bolshevik model. In that context, she wrote the words Freiheit ist immer die Freiheit des Andersdenkenden (Freedom is always the freedom of the one who thinks differently) and continues in the same chapter: The public life of countries with limited freedom is so poverty-stricken, so miserable, so rigid, so unfruitful, precisely because, through the exclusion of democracy, it cuts off the living sources of all spiritual riches and progress. Bolshevik theorists such as Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky responded to this criticism by arguing that Luxemburg's notions were classical Marxist ones, but they could not be applied to Russia of 1917. They stated that the lessons of actual experience such as the confrontation with the bourgeois parties had forced them to revise the Marxian strategy.

A new, authoritative introduction to Rosa Luxemburg's most important works.

2015 Reprint of 1951 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. First published in 1913 and generally held to be her finest achievement, this volume reveals Luxemburg as a Marxist critical of Karl Marx. It offers a theory of the dynamic development of capitalism which is of continued relevance to contemporary scholarship. Taking Marx as her starting point, she offers an independent and fiercely critical explanation of the economic and political consequences of capitalism in the context of the turbulent times in which she lived, reinterpreting events in the United States, Europe, China, Russia and the British Empire. Most today believe there is no alternative to global capitalism. This book is a timely and forceful statement of an opposing view. Rosa Luxemburg was born in 1870 in Russian Poland. She was murdered in Germany while on way to prison. Contains an introduction by Joan Robinson.

The Accumulation Of Capital, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Vom 4. bis 8. April 1899 antwortete Rosa Luxemburg auf Bernsteins neues Buch Die Voraussetzungen des Sozialismus und die Aufgaben der Sozialdemokratie mit einer zweiten Artikelserie zum Thema Sozialreform oder Revolution? in der Leipziger Volkszeitung. Darin bejahte sie den Alltagskampf der SPD um Reformen als notwendiges Mittel zum Zweck der Abschaffung des ausbeuterischen Lohnsystems. Bernstein habe diesen Zweck aufgegeben und das Mittel des Klassenkampfs, die Reformen, zum Selbstzweck gemacht. Damit habe er im Grunde die Mission der SPD f r historisch berholt erkl rt. Die SPD g be sich selbst auf, w rde sie dem folgen. Zu ihren engen Freunden geh rten Clara Zetkin, die inner- und au erhalb der SPD f r eine selbstbestimmte internationale Frauenbewegung eintrat, und Bruno Sch nlank, Chefredakteur der Leipziger Volkszeitung. Dort wies sie mit der Artikelserie Miliz und Militarismus im Februar 1899 die Thesen von Max Schippel zur ck: Dieser wollte das SPD-Ziel einer Volksmiliz als Alternative zum kaiserlichen Milit r aufgeben und sah die vorhandenen stehenden Heere als unentbehrliche konomische Entlastung und bergang zu einem k nftigen Volksheer an. Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) war eine einflussreiche Vertreterin der europ ischen Arbeiterbewegung, des Marxismus, Antimilitarismus und proletarischen Internationalismus. Sie ver ffentlichte eine eigene Artikelserie gegen Bernsteins Theorie, die sp ter in ihr Buch Sozialreform oder Revolution? einging. Darin vertrat sie eine konsequent klassenk mpferische Haltung: Echte Sozialreformen m ssten das Ziel der sozialen Revolution stets im Auge behalten und ihm dienen. Sozialismus sei nur durch die Macht bernahme des Proletariats und Umw lzung der Produktionsverh ltnisse zu erreichen.

This first volume in Rosa Luxemburg's Complete Works, entitled Economic Writings 1, contains some of Luxemburg's most important statements on the globalization of capital, wage labor, imperialism, and pre-capitalist economic formations.

In addition to a new translation of her doctoral dissertation, The Industrial Development of Poland, Volume I includes the first complete English-language publication of her Introduction to Political Economy, which explores (among other issues) the impact of capitalist commodity production and industrialization on noncapitalist social strata in the developing world. Also appearing here are ten recently discovered manuscripts, none of which has ever before been published in English.

2021 Reprint of the 1935 Edition. Leninism or Marxism? was first published as an article in 1904 under the title Organizational Questions of the Russian Social Democracy and later reprinted in pamphlet form titled Marxism vs. Leninism in 1935 by the Anti-Parliamentary Communist Federation.

Rosa Luxemburg's critique of Lenin's concept of revolutionary organization show the disagreements within the Marxist movements in Europe in the years preceding 1917; her comparisons with Blanquism and chillingly accurate predictions of the consequences of such organization in a successful revolution are incredibly important to an understanding of the differing interpretations of Marx at that time in relation to the State and its relationship with workers.

Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) war eine einflussreiche Vertreterin der europ ischen Arbeiterbewegung, des Marxismus, Antimilitarismus und proletarischen Internationalismus. Im Februar 1917 weckte der revolution re Sturz des Zaren in Russland Hoffnungen auf ein baldiges Kriegsende. Die Provisorische Regierung setzte den Krieg gegen Deutschland jedoch fort. Dort kam es im M rz in vielen St dten zu monatelangen Protesten und Massenstreiks: zuerst gegen die Mangelwirtschaft, dann gegen Lohnverzicht und schlie lich gegen den Krieg und die Monarchie. Rosa Luxemburg lie sich fortlaufend ber diese Ereignisse informieren und schrieb dazu den Aufsatz Zur russischen Revolution. Darin begr te sie Lenins Revolution, kritisierte aber zugleich scharf seine Strategie und warnte vor einer Diktatur der Bolschewiki. In diesem Zusammenhang formulierte sie den ber hmten Satz: Freiheit ist immer Freiheit des Andersdenkenden. Aus dem Buch: Freiheit nur f r die Anh nger der Regierung, nur f r Mitglieder einer Partei - m gen sie noch so zahlreich sein - ist keine Freiheit. Freiheit ist immer nur Freiheit des anders Denkenden. Nicht wegen des Fanatismus der Gerechtigkeit, sondern weil all das Belehrende, Heilsame und Reinigende der politischen Freiheit an diesem Wesen h ngt und seine Wirkung versagt, wenn die Freiheit zum Privilegium wird...

Rosa Luxemburg, Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionary was the co-founder of the German Spartacus League, and an important figure in the development of the German Social Democratic Party. As a thinker she showed considerable honesty and independence of mind. 'The Accumulation of Capital, ' undoubtedly her finest achievement, reveals her as that rarest of all rare phenomena-a Marxist critical of Karl Marx.-W. Stark. Available in paperback (978-1-78139-461-8) and hardback

Tactical questions of socialists supporting reform or revolution from 1900.

Rosa Luxemburg, Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionary was the co-founder of the German Spartacus League, and an important figure in the development of the German Social Democratic Party. As a thinker she showed considerable honesty and independence of mind. 'The Accumulation of Capital, ' undoubtedly her finest achievement, reveals her as that rarest of all rare phenomena-a Marxist critical of Karl Marx.-W. Stark. Available in paperback (978-1-78139-461-8) and hardback (978-1-78139-462-5).

Rosa Luxemburg's writings reveal one of the most brilliant and passionate minds drawn to the revolutionary socialist movement. Through the letters, pamphlets and theorising, we see an outstanding social and economic theorist, a dedicated political activist and a devoted confidant. Providing an extensive overview of her writings, this volume contains a number of items never before anthologised. Her work was broad in scope tackling capitalism and socialism; globalisation and imperialism; history; war and peace; social struggles, trade unions, political parties; class, gender, race; the interconnection of humanity with the natural environment. The editors provide an extensive and informative introduction outlining and evaluating her life and thought. This is the most comprehensive introduction to the range of Rosa Luxemburg's thought.

Rosa Luxemburg's theoretical masterpiece

The second volume in Rosa Luxemburg's Complete Works, entitled Economic Writings 2, contains a new English translation of Luxemburg's The Accumulation of Capital: A Contribution to the Economic Theory of Imperialism, one of the most important works ever composed on capitalism's incessant drive for self-expansion and the integral connection between capitalism and imperialism. This new translation is the first to present the full work as composed by the author. It also contains her book-length response to her critics, The Accumulation of Capital, Or, What the Epigones Have Made Out of Marx's Theory--An Anti-Critique. Taken together, these two works represent one of the most important Marxist studies of the globalization of capital.

Also included is an essay on the second and third volumes of Marx's Capital, which had originally appeared as an unattributed chapter in Franz Mehring's book Karl Marx.

Thank you to David Gaharia for helping to support the translation of this book.

Rosa Luxemburg was a revolutionary socialist who fought and died for her beliefs. In January 1919, after being arrested for her involvement in a workers' uprising in Berlin, she was brutally murdered by a group of right-wing soldiers. Her body was recovered days later from a canal. Six years earlier she had published what was undoubtedly her finest achievement, The Accumulation of Capital - a book which remains one of the masterpieces of socialist literature. Taking Marx as her starting point, she offers an independent and fiercely critical explanation of the economic and political consequences of capitalism in the context of the turbulent times in which she lived, reinterpreting events in the United States, Europe, China, Russia and the British Empire. Many today believe there is no alternative to global capitalism. This book is a timely and forceful statement of an opposing view.

The most comprehensive collection of letters by Rosa Luxemburg ever published in English, this book includes 190 letters written to leading figures in the European and international labor and socialist movements--Leo Jogiches, Karl Kautsky, Clara Zetkin and Karl Liebknecht--who were among her closest friends, lovers and colleagues. Much of this correspondence appears for the first time in English translation; all of it helps to illuminate the inner life of this iconic revolutionary, who was at once an economic and social theorist, a political activist and a lyrical stylist. Her political concerns are revealed alongside her personal struggles within a socialist movement that was often hostile to independently minded women. This collection will provide readers with a newer and deeper appreciation of Luxemburg as a writer and historical figure.