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NEWS & LETTERS, January-February 2005Rosa Luxemburg's enduring LegacyTHE ROSA LUXEMBURG READER Edited by Peter Hudis & Kevin B. Anderson - Monthly Review Press, 2004. 432 pp. Among the major Marxist thinkers of the period of the Russian Revolution, Rosa Luxemburg stands out as one who speaks to our own time. Her legacy grows in relevance as the global character of the capitalist market becomes more apparent and the critique of bureaucratic power more widely accepted within the movement for human liberation. THE ROSA LUXEMBURG READER will be the definitive one-volume collection of Luxemburg's writings in English translation. Unlike previous publications of her work from the early 1970s, this volume includes substantial extracts from her major economic writings--above all, THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL (1913)--and from her political writings, including REFORM OR REVOLUTION (1898), the JUNIUS PAMPHLET (1916), and THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION (1918). THE READER also includes a number of important texts that have never before been published in English translation, including extracts from her INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL ECONOMY (1916), and a recently discovered piece on slavery. With an introduction assessing Luxemburg's work in the light of recent research, THE ROSA LUXEMBURG READER will be an indispensable resource for scholarship and an inspiration for a new generation of activists. "Rosa Luxemburg travels into the twenty-first century like a great messenger bird, spanning continents, scanning history, to remind us that our present is not new but a continuation of a long human conflict changing only in intensity and scope. Her fiery critical intellect and ardent spirit are as vital for this time as in her own. With meticulous care, including valuable endnotes, editors Hudis and Anderson project her in the fullness of her being and thought." --Adrienne Rich |
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