THE GERMAN REVOLUTION SELECTED WRITINGS OF ROSA LUXEMBURG A WORKERS’ LIBERTY PAMPHLET £5 THE GERMAN REVOLUTION CONTENTS Introduction, by Paul Vernadsky - 1 1. The Beginning, 18 November 1918 - 17 2. A Duty of Honour, 18 November 1918 - 19 3. The National Assembly, 20 November 1918 - 21 4. A Call to the Workers of the World, 25 November 1918 - 24 5. The Acheron in Motion, 27 November 1918 - 27 6. The Socialisation of Society, 4 December 1918 - 29 7. What does the Spartacus League Want? 14 December 1918 - 31 8. The Elections to the National Assembly, 23 December 1918 - 37 9. Our Programme and the Political Situation, 31 December 1918 - 39 10. What are the Leaders Doing? 7 January 1919 - 46 11. House of Cards, 13 January 1919 - 48 12. Order Prevails in Berlin, 14 January 1919 - 51 Glossary - 54 Printed by Mixam, Watford. Designed by Justine Canady. ISBN 978-1-909639-48-5 Published March 2019 by Workers’ Liberty 20E Tower Workshops Riley Road London SE1 3DG 020 7394 8923
[email protected] www.workersliberty.org This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. INTRODUCTION 1. INTRODUCTION In November 1918 German workers overthrew the imperial government and ended the First World War. What began as a sailors’ revolt within weeks saw workers’ councils take charge of numerous German cities. A social democratic government took power amidst a situation of dual power.