Understanding Rosa Luxemburg’s Life and Work

[@eddyk2016]

This guy is a brilliant teacher 👍

[@mattw9764]

Very insightful and helpful for understanding Rosa Luxemburg's writings.

[@sednaorr3273]

A wise, thoughtful presentation on the life and philosophy of a great human being, Rosa Luxemburg. Peter Hudis does a magnificent job summarizing and cogently explaining complicated ideological notions and I'm looking forward to reading his book.

[@StephenSchleis]

Thanks some really good history here.

[@barbaramotyka5431]

Why is Rosa Luxemburg not mentioned much, if at all, today when outstanding women are touted as women receive more attention. I think I know why,

[@danmarie6907]

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[@dawnbirbeck1505]

We have the same issue in Britain: we acknowledge Emmeline Pankhurst who campaigned for women to get the vote (middle-class, property owning women, not *all* women) but her daughter Sylvia, who was much further to the left, is virtually unknown. If you don't have the 'correct' ideas you are quietly forgotten from history.

[@dcbandnerd]

Part of the global dictatorship of the bourgeoisie is to repress - especially by omission - any revolutionary characteristics of important historical figures. Often they'll do that by whitewashing those aspects from well known individuals (Einstein, MLK, Helen Keller, etc.) but for those who were so committed to the cause that they cannot be whitewashed they are either thoroughly demonized or omitted from the conversation altogether. Rosa's character, work, and martyrdom are beyond reproach (though she was not a perfect person by any means) so she "somehow" doesn't make her way onto history's role call by the powers that be.

[@rfvtgbzhn]

15:57-17:17 It was not new, Marx already said that one way to overcome capitalist crisis is expansion of markets. But unfortunately at that time many people in the second International weren't Marxists anymore.

[@GingerDrums]

Great Work and clean production values. As for the source of freedom, I would argue that humanism, JS Mill and Hume, Humboldt and enlightenment humanist theory are to be most recognised. Luxemburg's Focus on democracy and humanism from within a Marxist framework makes her among the most palatable socialists in history

[@gavintoohey6604]

Thank you

[@MrMjdc]

I salute Rosa.

[@amarcadiacastillo]

Me too

[@brunom3478]

Great stuff, thanks :)

[@morgengabe1]

i think her analysis of colonial capitalism goes a lot further than diminishing property in terms of explaining contemporary chinese capitalism

[@rollotomasi9922]

Amazing

[@MeinVelt]

Liebste, very nice!

[@xalle4alle]

18:30 Der Kapitalismus muss all diese Lebensbereiche, die noch außerhalb der Warenform existieren, kolonisieren,

[@lawrencewithers5504]

7:06 is proof this woman was a genius.

[@shawn8847]

Rip Rosa Luxemburg Today Jan 15th

[@julianclover1663]

Succinct and clear

[@justinosousajunior5879]

Rosa, eine GroSe Frau

[@zoch9797]

"A Polish, jewish woman, and disabled" She was disabled all right.

[@thelambliesdownongenoa1831]

I prefer Lenin

[@justinosousajunior5879]

Ja, ich auch, aber sie sind alle wichtig: das ist die Frage!

[@Hist_da_Musica]

They were comrades. The difference between them is overblown!

[@rfvtgbzhn]

@@Hist_da_Musica yes, especially by reformists who want to claim Rosa Luxemburg but not Lenin.