Reform or Revolution and Other Writings

by Luxemburg, Rosa

• ISBN13: 9780486447766
• ISBN10: 0486447766
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-21
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

This 1899 polemic by the famous "Red Rosa" Luxemburg explains why capitalism can never overcome its internal contradictions. An effective refutation of revisionist interpretations of Marxist doctrine, it defines the position of scientific socialism on the issues of social reforms, the state, democracy, and the character of the proletarian revolution.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO THE DOVER EDITION	V
Reform or Revolution
Introduction	3	(4)
PART ONE
The Opportunist Method	7	(4)
The Adaptation of Capitalism	11	(9)
The Realization of Socialism through Social Reforms	20	(6)
Capitalism and the State	26	(5)
The Consequences of Social Reformism and General Nature of Reformism	31	(8)
PART TWO
Economic Development and Socialism	39	(8)
Co-operatives, Unions, Democracy	47	(9)
Conquest of Political Power	56	(9)
Collapse	65	(4)
Opportunism in Theory and Practice	69	(8)
Leninism or Marxism?
Section One	77	(11)
Section Two	88	(13)
The Mass Strike, the Political Party and the Trade Union
The Russian Revolution, Anarchism, and the General Strike	101	(4)
The Mass Strike, a Historical and Not an Artificial Product	105	(5)
Development of the Mass Strike Movement in Russia	110	(24)
The Interaction of the Political and the Economic Struggle	134	(10)
Lessons of the Working-Class Movement in Russia Applicable to Germany	144	(8)
Cooperation of Organized and Unorganized Workers Necessary for Victory	152	(6)
The Role of the Mass Strike in the Revolution	158	(8)
Need for United Action of Trade Unions and Social Democracy	166	(17)
The Russian Revolution
Fundamental Significance of the Russian Revolution	183	(11)
The Bolshevik Land Policy	194	(5)
The Nationalities Question	199	(7)
The Constituent Assembly	206	(4)
The Question of Suffrage	210	(3)
The Problem of Dictatorship	213	(4)
The Struggle Against Corruption	217	(2)
Democracy and Dictatorship	219