Luxemburgism?

[OneBrickOneVoice]

I was wondering if anyone could give me a brief concise discription on how luxemburgism works.

[Nachie]

I don't think anybody really says "Luxemburgism" but it's basically just council communism. Emphasis placed on the organic, semi-spontaneous bodies of workers' representation that spring up during revolution as opposed to a "vanguard" political party for leadership. Begins in Germany obviously, as a reaction to Leninism.

Contemporaries of Rosa include Karl Liebknecht, who like her was executed without trial by the state for revolutionary activities in 1919(?)

The most direct ideological heirs of this legacy are the Marxist-Humanists ie. Raya Dunayevskaya (Trotsky's ex-secretary, left him as her views changed on Leninism) and CLR James (author of the seminal World Revolution 1917-1939. Of course the focus on workers' councils has also influenced various other libertarian strains of Marxism.

[CCCPneubauten]

Originally posted by [email protected] 13 2006, 05:08 PM
I was wondering if anyone could give me a brief concise discription on how luxemburgism works.
I asked the same question, I got some good answers. (http://www.revolutionaryleft.com/index.php?showtopic=44959&hl=Luxemburgism)

Yeah, I suppose the name is out-dated, but I still say it.

I hope that might answer some questions, if not then...well....*runs away* :P

[More Fire for the People]

Luxemburgism is Leninism with ultra-left tendencies but more importantly, it was Leninism without the cadre — and look how the German Revolution turned out.

[black magick hustla]

Originally posted by Hopscotch [email protected] 13 2006, 06:56 PM
Luxemburgism is Leninism with ultra-left tendencies but more importantly, it was Leninism without the cadre — and look how the German Revolution turned out.
we also know how the russian revolution turned out (bourgeois revolution)