Luxemburg on Revolution
Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS
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Luxembourg's View of the First World War
Luxembourg's view of the First World War was similar to Lenin's, in three respects really. They both had a similar understanding of what had caused it. imperialism was an expression of capitalist overproduction - capitalism is constantly plagued by crises of overproduction. So if you've got too much stuff to sell and no one to sell it to, what you do are build an empire and dump it overseas.
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