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17
December
1918

Luxemburg argues for government by workers’ and soldiers’ councils

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📅 17 December 1918 📍 Germany

She urges the councils’ congress to make the councils the basis of national authority rather than transfer power to a National Assembly. Delegates vote for elections, demonstrating that revolutionary legitimacy and popular preferences did not automatically align with her preferred course.

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Rosa Luxemburg

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Workers’ and Soldiers’ Councils

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