Reform or Revolution and Other Writings

This 1899 polemic by the famous "Red Rosa" Luxemburg explains why capitalism can never overcome its internal contradictions. An effective refutation of revisionist interpretations of Marxist doctrine, it defines the position of scientific socialism on the issues of social reforms, the state, democracy, and the character of the proletarian revolution.

INTRODUCTION TO THE DOVER EDITION

V

Reform or Revolution

Introduction

3

(4)

PART ONE

The Opportunist Method

7

(4)

The Adaptation of Capitalism

11

(9)

The Realization of Socialism through Social Reforms

20

(6)

Capitalism and the State

26

(5)

The Consequences of Social Reformism and General Nature of Reformism

31

(8)

PART TWO

Economic Development and Socialism

39

(8)

Co-operatives, Unions, Democracy

47

(9)

Conquest of Political Power

56

(9)

Collapse

65

(4)

Opportunism in Theory and Practice

69

(8)

Leninism or Marxism?

Section One

77

(11)

Section Two

88

(13)

The Mass Strike, the Political Party and the Trade Union

The Russian Revolution, Anarchism, and the General Strike

101

(4)

The Mass Strike, a Historical and Not an Artificial Product

105

(5)

Development of the Mass Strike Movement in Russia

110

(24)

The Interaction of the Political and the Economic Struggle

134

(10)

Lessons of the Working-Class Movement in Russia Applicable to Germany

144

(8)

Cooperation of Organized and Unorganized Workers Necessary for Victory

152

(6)

The Role of the Mass Strike in the Revolution

158

(8)

Need for United Action of Trade Unions and Social Democracy

166

(17)

The Russian Revolution

Fundamental Significance of the Russian Revolution

183

(11)

The Bolshevik Land Policy

194

(5)

The Nationalities Question

199

(7)

The Constituent Assembly

206

(4)

The Question of Suffrage

210

(3)

The Problem of Dictatorship

213

(4)

The Struggle Against Corruption

217

(2)

Democracy and Dictatorship

219

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