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The Spartacus League (German: Spartakusbund) was a Marxist revolutionary movement organized in Germany during World War I. [1] It was founded in August 1914 as the International Group by Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, Clara Zetkin, and other members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who were dissatisfied with the party's official policies in support of the war.
The Spartacist uprising (German: Spartakusaufstand), also known as the January uprising (Januaraufstand) or, more rarely, Bloody Week, [3] was an armed uprising that took place in Berlin from 5 to 12 January 1919.
Due to the previous Social War (91–87 BC), some of Spartacus's ranks were legion veterans. [29] Of the slaves that joined Spartacus ranks, many were from the countryside. Rural slaves lived a life that better prepared them to fight in Spartacus's army. In contrast, urban slaves were more used to city life and were considered "privileged" and ...
The Spartacist League/U.S. (SL, SLUS, or SL/US) is a Trotskyist political grouping which is the United States section of the International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist), formerly the International Spartacist Tendency.
By early January 1918, Spartacists were distributing flyers calling for a general strike but had no set date or agreement from the USPD. [4] Richard Müller, leader of the Revolutionary Stewards concurred that labor was ready for an organized strike and proposed calling one at a joint USPD meeting in mid-January. [4]
After its expulsion from the SWP both the Spartacists and the American Committee for the Fourth International were considered affiliates of the ICFI. However, at the 1966 London Conference of the ICFI the positions of the Spartacists were condemned and the ACFI was recognized as the only American ICFI section. [8]
Spartacist may refer to: An ancient supporter of Spartacus, who led a slave rebellion against the Roman Republic; The Spartacus League, a left-wing Marxist revolutionary movement in Germany during and just after World War I; The modern Spartacist League, also known as the International Communist League, a Trotskyist international organisation
[1]: 151–152 That same day, the Spartacists severed their remaining links with the USPD and set themselves up as the new Kommunistische Partei . [1]: 152 They were joined by some USPD members from Hamburg and Bremen. [2]: 14 Thus the more radical elements had been pushed out of the revolutionary government. Rather than working inside it ...