"Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public institution withers away, becomes a caricature of itself, and bureaucracy rises as the only deciding factor."

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Source: Die Russische Revolution. Book by Paul Froelich, 1940.

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Rosa Luxemburg

Political Theorist, Activist

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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