they would turn Finland, the Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, the Baltic countries, the Caucasus, etc., into so many faithful allies of the Russian Revolution, we have instead witnessed the opposite spectacle. One after another, these “nations” used the freshly granted freedom to ally themselves with German imperialism against the Russian Revolution as its mortal enemy, and, under German protection, to carry the banner of counter-revolution into Russia itself.

How tf was this written in 1909?

[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

fairly sure this was written in 1918

edit; yeah

Rosa Luxemburg
The Russian Revolution

-Written: 1918.

Source: The Russian Revolution, by Rosa Luxemburg.
First Published: 1922 by Paul Levi.
Translated: Bertram Wolfe.

[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It seems that way, but it says 1909 here

[–] Kaplya@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The chapter I quoted came from The Russian Revolution (1918), I think you might have confused that with The National Question (1909) which was a separate work altogether.

[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

So I have.