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“When will I see you? I miss you so much that my soul is simply thirsting! Do you know what, my gold? It’s soon going to be midnight, but down below [on the streets] all around there’s noise and shouting, paper boys crying out—just like at noontime.”

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Book:The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg
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The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg

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Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg (March 5, 1871 – January 15, 1919) was a Polish-German Marxist philosopher, economist, and revolutionary. She was a key figure in the German Social Democratic Party and a co-founder of the Communist Party of Germany. Known for her critique of capitalism, theory of imperialism, and advocacy for socialist democracy, she opposed World War I and was imprisoned for her anti-war activities. Luxemburg was murdered by right-wing paramilitaries during the German Revolution of 1919. Her works, including 'The Accumulation of Capital' and 'The Russian Revolution,' remain influential in Marxist theory. more

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