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"The Junius Pamphlet" is an anti-war political tract written by the Marxist revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg in 1915 and published illegally in 1916. Its official title is "The Crisis of Social Democracy," and Luxemburg wrote it under the pseudonym "Junius" while imprisoned for her political opposition to the First World War. The pamphlet strongly condemns the capitulation of European socialist leaders who voted to support the war, arguing instead for international proletarian revolution. It served as a foundational text for the Spartacist League.
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What is The Junius Pamphlet's official title?
Its official title is The Crisis of Social Democracy. Rosa Luxemburg wrote it in 1915 while imprisoned, then published it illegally in Switzerland in 1916 under the pseudonym Junius. [Rosa Luxemburg Werke](https://rosaluxemburgwerke.de/buecher/band-4)
Why did Rosa Luxemburg write it during World War I?
She attacked the German Social Democratic Party's decision to support war credits in 1914. She treated the First World War as an imperialist crisis and urged international socialists to reject nationalism.
Is The Junius Pamphlet a memoir?
No, it is a political tract rather than a personal life story. Luxemburg examines German Social Democracy, militarism, and the collapse of the Second International.
Why was the name Junius used?
Junius was Luxemburg's pseudonym, used to reduce the risk of prosecution for her anti-war writing. The text circulated clandestinely in Germany after its 1916 publication.
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