Paul Le Blanc
Kautsky, Lenin, Stalin and revolutionary Russia
Karl Marx once commented: “Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.” Less mature activists prefer the posture of changing the world over the hard work of understanding it, but as the young Marx also thundered: “Ignorance never did any one any good!”
Rosa Luxemburg and the actuality of revolution
In these remarks, I want to do three things. First, I want to suggest an approach to Rosa Luxemburg that makes sense to me, while mentioning other approaches that do not.