In the 1920s the Bolsheviks hoped that if they steamrolled over Poland and reached Germany, the German workers would rise up and overthrow the German Bourgiouise. Any reading material that goes into the reasons why that didn't occur and we got a spiral into fascism instead?
I read a few of her works, but it left me with the impression that the working population was prime for a revolution.
Not her work, but her fate. She was murdered by the reactionary Freikorps on the orders of the leader of the SPD.
Not only about this, but also covers the united front policy and the mistakes the KPD, Italian communists, and Comintern made in general that allowed nascent fascism to flourish. Very relevant to current events
This was a good read, thanks
There was a revolution but the socdems would rather have fascism than communism.
there was, and the German succdems joined with the reactionaries to crush it :)
Yeah there was one and it was crushed by the state (or rather a second phase was, the revolution against the Kaiser succeeded). Then there was another (much larger) one in 1920 to counter the kapp putsch that was also crushed. The strikes were not large enough, and not enough of the army rebelled. Luxemburg and Liebknecht were extremely apprehensive about the the January uprising and thought it was premature, but once it got rolling in the streets of Berlin it was too late to stop. It ended tragically for them. After the surrender, a citizen militia found them after storming an apartment building. They were taken to the Garde-Kavallerie-Schützen-Division, the largest Friekorps unit, headquarters. Liebknecht was beaten, taken to a park and executed. He showed up in a morgue days later. Luxemburg was beaten, possibly to death, then shot in the head and thrown in the Landwehr Canal. Her body was recovered in June of that year.
"There will be no revolution in germany , it is forbidden to enter the lawn..." - Stalin
This is sadly basically still true for German and Dutch culture. I guess it's rooted in Protestantism/Calvinism.
It means the Germans wouldn't storm the Bundestag, because there is a "No Walking" sign on the grass outside. Playing on the stereotype of Germans (or at least North Germans) as rule bound and a bit stuffy.
