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Reform or Revolution and Other Writings

Rosa Luxemburg

2012·784 pages

A refutation of revisionist interpretations of Marxist doctrine, the title essay (1899) explains why capitalism can never overcome its internal contradictions and defines the character of the proletarian revolution. Three other essays.

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Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents INTRODUCTION TO THE DOVER EDITION Select Bibliography REFORM OR REVOLUTION INTRODUCTION PART ONE I. The Opportunist Method II. The Adaptation of Capitalism III. The Realization of Socialism through Social Reforms IV. Capitalism and the State V. The Consequences of Social Reformism and General Nature of Reformism PART TWO VI. Economic Development and Socialism VII. Cooperatives, Unions, Democracy VIII. Conquest of Political Power IX. Collapse X. Opportunism in Theory and Practice LENINISM OR MARXISM?I.II.THE MASS STRIKE, THE POLITICAL PARTY and THE TRADE UNION I. The Russian Revolution, Anarchism, and the General Strike II. The Mass Strike a Historical and Not an Artificial Product III. Development of the Mass Strike Movement in Russia IV. The Interaction of the Political and the Economic Struggle V. Lessons of the Working-Class Movement in Russia Applicable to Germany VI. Cooperation of Organized and Unorganized Workers Necessary for Victory VII. The Role of the Mass Strike in the Revolution VIII. Need for United Action of Trade Unions and Social Democracy THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION I. Fundamental Significance of the Russian Revolution II. The Bolshevik Land Policy III. The Nationalities Question IV. The Constituent Assembly V. The Question of Suffrage VI. The Problem of Dictatorship VII. The Struggle Against Corruption VIII. Democracy and Dictatorship A CATALOG OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS OF INTEREST

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