Zeitschrift-luxemburg.de Website Review

Rosa Luxemburg is one of the iconic faces of the socialist movement. And one of the few women, perhaps the only one whose central role is undisputed in it. She impresses as a brilliant author and clear-sighted theoretician, as a rousing speaker and committed politician, as a lyrical chronicler and quarrelsome comrade. And it stands for an attitude in which decisiveness in political struggle and most generous humanity form a whole. Luxembourg is not only the namesake of the foundation, but also patron of this magazine. The living together of the theory and development of a left project, as its part and debating organ understands the magazine. Since November, it is seething again in France. After President Emmanuel Macron seemed to have defended the protests of unions and students against his reform policy in the spring, a new movement arose spontaneously and unexpectedly. It subjected the most recent measure of government and president - the increase in gasoline prices - to a general critique. There were protests that initially only roundabouts, highway exits and supermarkets block. Because they have to, the protests had an effective label as yellow vests. The protesters changed their tactics after a few days and tried to carry their request to the French capital Paris. This resulted in militant struggles that far exceeded the intensity of traditional skirmishes between radical left-wing groups and the militarized French riot police CRS. © Vas*iliki Koukou, letters by Rosa, 2018. Wood, fabric, paper, ink, 100 x 150 cm Rosa Luxemburg is still provoking irreconcilable reactions. Many in the leadership of the SPD were too radical and too democratic. This was also the case under their successors in the leadership of the KPD. From Ruth Fischer was their understanding of freedom as freedom of