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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.

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. *BR**BR*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.*BR**BR*This is the most comprehensive introduction to the range of Rosa Luxemburg's thought.

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

"The Accumulation of Capital" is a seminal work by Rosa Luxemburg, a Marxist revolutionary and theorist, originally published in 1913. This book is a significant contribution to Marxist economic theory and political economy, particularly in the context of imperialism and the dynamics of capitalist expansion. Luxemburg's work is notable for its critical engagement with the ideas of other prominent Marxist thinkers of her time, such as Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin. Key themes and concepts explored in "The Accumulation of Capital" include: The Reproduction of Capitalism: Luxemburg delves into the question of how capitalism continuously reproduces itself. She argues that capitalism needs to expand into non-capitalist markets to avoid stagnation and crises. According to her, the capitalist system cannot exist in isolation; it relies on external markets for its continued growth. Imperialism: Luxemburg's work connects imperialism to the expansion of capitalism. She argues that imperialist powers, such as European colonial empires, played a crucial role in absorbing surplus capital and commodities produced by the advanced capitalist nations. This expansion, she contends, was a way to counter the inherent contradictions of capitalism. Trade and Dependency: Luxemburg emphasizes the role of international trade and the dependence of capitalist economies on non-capitalist regions. She argues that capitalist countries exploit non-capitalist regions economically and politically, perpetuating a global system of inequality. Crisis Theory: Luxemburg's analysis of capitalist reproduction leads her to a crisis theory. She suggests that periodic economic crises are inherent to capitalism because, eventually, it runs out of external markets to exploit. These crises, in her view, would ultimately lead to the system's downfall. Political Implications: Luxemburg's work has significant political implications. She believed that it was necessary for the working class to engage in revolutionary struggle and overthrow capitalism, as reforms within the system could not resolve its fundamental contradictions. This aligns with her revolutionary Marxist stance. While Luxemburg's book is highly regarded for its innovative insights into the dynamics of capitalism and imperialism, her ideas have been subject to criticism and debate within the Marxist tradition. Her work remains influential in discussions surrounding political economy, imperialism, and the global capitalist system. Despite its age, "The Accumulation of Capital" remains a cornerstone of Marxist theory and a valuable resource for those interested in understanding the complexities of capitalism and imperialism.

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This 600-page volume of Luxemburg's Complete Works contains her writings On Revolution from 1906 to 1909 - covering the 1905-06 Russian Revolution, an epoch-making event, and its aftermath. Over 80 per cent of writings on this volume have never before appeared in English. The volume contains numerous writings never before available in English, such as her pathbreaking essay "Lessons of the Three Dumas," which presents a unique perspective on the transition to socialism, her "Notes on the English Revolution" of the 1640s, and numerous writings on of the role of the mass strike in fomenting revolutionary transformation. All of the material in the volume consists of new translations, from German, Polish, and Russian originals.

This volume is the first to contain all of Luxemburg’s eloquent writings on the 1917 Russian and 1918-19 German Revolutions

The Mass Strike, the Political Party and the Trade Unions was written in 1906 by Polish-born revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg. It brilliantly captures the fundamental lessons from the experience of mass workers'' strikes and their role in the 1905 Russian Revolution. Luxemburg lived in a world in crisis - one characterised by the fast approach of the First World War - and in an era when revolutionary struggles and ideas broke out internationally. Now, over a century later, capitalism is lunging deeper into a crisis of mammoth economic, political, social and ecological proportions. The need for mass strikes that can spill over into revolution is now existential. In this short book, Luxemburg shows how strikes call into question the relationship between the working class and the employing class, how political and economic demands fuse in the course of such strikes, and how they can start to challenge the conservative approach of the trade union leaders. Her book is as relevant as ever in hel

Fast alle bisherigen Schriften und Äußerungen des internationalen Sozialismus über die Frage des Massenstreiks datieren aus der Zeit vor der russischen Revolution, dem ersten geschichtlichen Experiment mit diesem Kampfmittel auf größter Skala. Daher erklärt sich auch, daß sie meistenteils antiquiert sind. In ihrer Auffassung stehen sie wesentlich auf demselben Standpunkt wie Friedrich Engels, der 1873 in seiner Kritik der Bakunistischen Revolutionsmacherei in Spanien schrieb:»Der allgemeine Streik ist im Bakunistischen Programm der Hebel, der zur Einleitung der sozialen Revolution angesetzt wird. Eines schönen Morgens legen alle Arbeiter aller Gewerke eines Landes oder gar der ganzen Welt die Arbeit nieder und zwingen dadurch in längstens vier Wochen die besitzenden Klassen, entweder zu Kreuze zu kriechen oder auf die Arbeiter loszuschlagen, so dß diese dann das Recht haben, sich zu verteidigen und bei dieser Gelegenheit die ganze alte Gesellschaft über den Haufen zu werfen. Der Vorschlag ist weit entfernt davon, neu zu sein; französische und nach ihnen belgische Sozialisten haben seit 1848 dies Paradepferd stark geritten, das aber ursprünglich englischer Rasse ist. Während der auf die Krise von 1837 folgenden raschen und heftigen Entwicklung des Chartismus unter den englischen Arbeitern war schon 1839 der »heilige Monat« gepredigt worden, die Arbeitseinstellung auf nationalem Mßstab (siehe Engels: »Lage der arbeitenden Klasse«, zweite Auflage, Seite 234), und hatte solchen Anklang gefunden, dass die Fabrikarbeiter von Nordengland im Juli 1842 die Sache auszuführen versuchten. ¿ Auch auf dem Genfer Allianzistenkongreß vom 1. September 1873 spielte der allgemeine Streik eine große Rolle, nur wurde allseitig zugegeben, dass dazu eine vollständige Organisation der Arbeiterklasse und eine gefüllte Kasse nötig sei. Und darin liegt eben der Haken. Einerseits werden die Regierungen, besonders wenn man sie durch politische Enthaltung ermutigt, weder die Organisation noch die Kasse der Arbeiter je soweit kommen lassen, und anderseits werden die politischen Ereignisse und die Übergriffe der herrschenden Klassen die Befreiung der Arbeiter zu Wege bringen, lange bevor das Proletariat dazu kommt, sich diese ideale Organisation und diesen kolossalen Reservefonds anzuschaffen. Hätte es sie aber, so brauchte es nicht den Umweg des allgemeinen Streiks, um zum Ziele zu gelangen.«

A polemic writing by the famous "Red Rosa" Luxemburg, Reform or Revolution 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." Rosa Luxemburg was a Polish Marxist, philosopher, economist, anti-war activist and revolutionary socialist who became a naturalized German citizen at the age of 28. Successively, she was a member of the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL), the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD) and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).

This collection is the first of three volumes of the Complete Works devoted to the central theme of Rosa Luxemburg's life and work-revolution. Spanning the years 1897 to the end of 1905, they contain speeches, articles, and essays on the strikes, protests, and political debates that culminated in the 1905 Russian Revolution-one of the most important social upheavals of modern times. Luxemburg's near-daily articles and reports during 1905 on the ongoing revolution (which comprises the bulk of this volume) shed new light on such issues as the relation of spontaneity and organization, the role of national minorities in social revolution, and the inseparability ofthe struggle for socialism from revolutionary democracy. We become witness to Luxemburg's effort to respond to the impulses, challenges, and ideas arising from a living revolutionary process, which in turn becomes the source of much of her subsequent political theory-such as her writings on the mass strike, her strident internationalism, and her insistence that revolutionary struggle never take its eyes off of the need to transform the human personality. Virtually all of these writings appear in English for the first time (translated from both German and Polish) and many have only recently been identified as having been written by Luxemburg.

Sozialreform oder Revolution ist ein unveränderter, hochwertiger Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1899.Hansebooks ist Herausgeber von Literatur zu unterschiedlichen Themengebieten wie Forschung und Wissenschaft, Reisen und Expeditionen, Kochen und Ernährung, Medizin und weiteren Genres. Der Schwerpunkt des Verlages liegt auf dem Erhalt historischer Literatur. Viele Werke historischer Schriftsteller und Wissenschaftler sind heute nur noch als Antiquitäten erhältlich. Hansebooks verlegt diese Bücher neu und trägt damit zum Erhalt selten gewordener Literatur und historischem Wissen auch für die Zukunft bei.

Rosa Luxemburg's theoretical masterpiece

This book remains one of the masterpieces of socialist literature. While many today believe there is no alternative to global capitalism, this book is a timely and forceful statement of an opposing view.