Economic Crisis and Global Protest: the Actuality of Rosa Luxemburgo

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This article aims to discuss the current application of the work of the polish philosopher, economist and revolutionary militant Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919). The hypothesis raised is that the author is relevant in two axes: the insufficiency of reforms for the emancipation of humanity in capitalist societies and the need to build radical, internationalized revolutionary movements with a constant relationship between the base and the vanguard. In the first line, the author's debate with Eduard Bernstein in the book "Reform or Revolution?" (2015) is paralleled by the process of exhaustion of social democracy, the rise of neoliberalism and the consequent economic crisis of 2008. On the second axis, Rosa Luxemburg's debates with the revolutionaries of the Second International (like Kautsky and Lenin) are compared to what contemporary sociology has to say about the so-called "newer social movements" of the post-crisis period. The conclusion of the work is that the bibliographical parallels indicate that the work of Luxembourg is extremely current and relevant to those who want to understand 21th century capitalism and its conflicts.


Keywords: Rosa Luxemburgo; Economic Crisis; Protest.

Author Biography

Mateus Coelho Martins de Albuquerque, UFPR

Doutorando no Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciência Política da UFPR. Mestre em Ciências Sociais.

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2020-03-31

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Albuquerque, M. C. M. de. (2020). Economic Crisis and Global Protest: the Actuality of Rosa Luxemburgo. Conjuntura Global, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/cg.v9i1.69851

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