The question is not simply how much we spend on defence, but what we understand defence and security to mean, says SIMON BRIGNELL
Rosa Luxemburg – on her 150th birthday
‘Towards a social order worthy of the human race’ – by JENNY FARRELL
Rosa Luxemburg
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The disputed election of a far-right president, who is also a US citizen, signals further consolidation of Washington’s regional power and represents a threat to the country’s democracy and sovereignty, writes WT WHITNEY JNR
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DR STEPHEN WILKINSON assesses the life and legacy of a revolutionary giant
ON MARCH 5 2021, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Rosa Luxemburg’s birth.
No-one who wishes to get a sense of Rosa Luxemburg as a person, both political and private, will regret watching Margarethe von Trotta’s meticulously researched 1986 film of the same name. It is available with English subtitles.
The film begins on December 7 1916 with Luxemburg in Vronke prison, cutting back to this location again and again.
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