Spartacus's Daughter - The Life and Struggles of Rosa Luxemburg

Episode 11. Reform or Revolution - Part 1

November 10, 2021 Carole Bulewski
Spartacus's Daughter - The Life and Struggles of Rosa Luxemburg
Episode 11. Reform or Revolution - Part 1
Show Notes

"Reform or Revolution” is one of Rosa Luxemburg's major works. It was written in 1898-1899 and is the ‘orthodox’ Marxist response to Eduard Bernstein’s “Problems of Socialism”. Here we start exploring what Bernstein's ideas were in terms of the evolution of Capitalism and how to effectively respond to this evolution. Ideas that Rosa and the Marxists refuted. History proved that both Bernstein and Rosa were right, and that the solution likely lies somewhere in the middle of their respective assessments.