Wilhelm Liebknecht And German Social Democracy

Dr. William A. Pelz is an academic historian who specializes in European and comparative labor history. His previous books include The Eugene V. Debs Reader: Socialism and Democracy (2014), Karl Marx: A World to Win (2012), Against Capitalism: The European Left on the March (2007); and The Spartkusbund and the German Working Class Movement (1988). His articles and reviews have appeared in the American Historical Review, Film & History, German History, German Studies Review, International Labor and Working Class History, International Review of Social History, Labor Studies, Journal of European Studies, Science & Society, Soviet Studies, Sozialismus, JahrBuch fuar Forschungen zur Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung, and International Labor History Yearbook, among others. Pluto Press (London) will publish his forthcoming book, Peoples History of Modern Europe in 2015.

• Table of contents•Title Page•Contents •Acknowledgments•Translator's Note•Introduction•Writings and SpeechesSpider and FlyElection Flyer from 1882 CampaignKnowledge is PowerSelected Speeches of Wilhelm LiebknechtOn May Day (1895)Karl Marx: Biographical MemoirsReminiscences of EngelsLetter on International Working Men's AssociationPreface--Eleanor Marx's The Working-Class Movement in EnglandOn the Political Position of Social DemocracyNo Compromise--No Political TradingSocialismAnarchism, Social Democracy and Revolutionary TacticsOn the Erfurt Program of 1891For a People's MilitiaOn the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris CommuneWorld Politics, China Madness, Transvaal Wars•Through the Eyes of OthersAugust BebelEdward AvelingLiebknecht's Letter to Lauria LafarguePaul LafargueHenry M. HyndemanOpen Letter to Liebknecht by London AnarchistNews Reports on Liebknecht's Trip To the United StatesV.I. Lenin Preface To Liebknecht PamphletKurt Kersten, Comintern "Voices of Revolt"Clara Zetkin Debate with LiebknechtDaily People ObituaryAppendixesChronology of Liebknecht's LifeSelect BibliographyPeople GlossarySubject GlossaryIndex

"Wilhelm Liebknecht is today little known outside his native Germany. Even there, his name has faded from the view of most people other than labor historians. However, in the late nineteenth century, Wilhelm Liebknecht was renowned throughout the industrialized world as a champion of working people. His speeches and pamphlets were translated into numerous languages and inspired generations of militant workers and Socialist activists"—William A. Pelz, from the Introdction