Rosa Luxemburg wasn’t happy with the turn of the events in Germany after the war broke out in 1914. The anti-war socialists established the Spartacus League. The members of the league led a revolt in January 1919 while Rosa had doubts about the timing of the uprising. […]
Rosa Luxemburg became an active member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, but she challenged the top leaders of the party. She strongly rejected their idea of nationalism and became the legendary Red Rosa. […]
Rosa Luxemburg fought for the cause of many. She strongly believed that she had just as much in common with plantation workers in South America and persecuted Africans. She prioritized global class conflict over Polish independence and was determined to make her mark on her own terms. […]
Vladimir Lenin’s return to Russia in 1917 changed the course of the country and saw the beginning of a new regime. […]
The opinions and ideologies of socialists took new turns at the onset of the First World War. […]
The First World War paved the path for new social and political ideologies. […]
Diderot’s encyclopedia was a precursor to the Industrial Revolution. It set forth ideas such as practical craft, utility, improvement in quality, and technological progress which became the key values for the Industrial Revolution. […]
The Encyclopedia of Diderot was a gift of Enlightenment. It was created with the goal to break with the past in order to usher possibilities for progress in the future. It advanced reason and science as important tools for human perfection […]
An episode in American history that you probably won’t read about in any textbook is the so-called Business Plot of 1934. […]
Henri Chavin, the chief of Vichy police, believed that Synarchists conspired to spread their ‘new revolutionary ideology’ in France. […]
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