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Rosa Luxemburg Revolutionary Socialist - Coggle Diagram
Rosa Luxemburg
Revolutionary Socialist
Background
A
critic
of the
revisionist socialism
of German social democrat and political theorist Eduard Bernstein
Attacked:
gradualism
and
parliamentarianism
Defended: Marx’s
dialectical materialism
and
analysis of history
Was a critic of the consequences of the Russian Revolution and
feared
that it would
lead to authoritarianism
Criticised Lenin’s dismissal of the Russian Constituent Assembly in 1918
Thought this would result in the
failure of the revolution
Ideas on Capitalism
Was strongly
opposed to capitalism
Argued that
exploitation
was at the
heart of the capitalist system
= as a result, true equality would
never
come about unless it (capitalism) was rejected
Views on Social Democracy
Thought it had
failed the working classes
= because of its support and acceptance of capitalism and imperialism
Theory of
Revolutionary Mass Action
Believed that the organisation of the class struggle
had to come from below
and should be
based on
a spontaneous
uprising of the proletariat
Supported the
mass strike
as a movement that
would lead to class consciousness and radicalise workers
= believed this would naturally develop into a socialist revolution
Views on Lenin's
Democratic Centralism
Was the theory that the
revolutionary party needed a tight, disciplined structure
and should be led by a vanguard of intellectuals
She argued that this would lead to dictatorship
AS A RESULT:
some communists saw her as a
naive utopian
, while others saw her as a
true democrat
Works
In 'The Accumulation of Capital' (1913), she argued that
capitalism would lead to economic imperialism
and would
take over non-capitalist markets
TODAY:
this might be known as 'globalisation'