"We stand todaybefore the awful proposition: either the triumph of imperialism and the destruction of all culture, and, as in ancient Rome, depopulation, desolation, degeneration, a vast cemetery; or, the victory of socialism."

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Source: Rosa Luxemburg, Paul Le Blanc (1999). “Rosa Luxemburg: reflections and writings”

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Rosa Luxemburg

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Rosa Luxemburg was a Polish-German revolutionary socialist known for her advocacy of Marxist theory and her critiques of capitalism and imperialism.

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