from the moment when the priests use the pulpit as a means of political struggle against the working classes, the workers must fight against the enem… - Rosa Luxemburg

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from the moment when the priests use the pulpit as a means of political struggle against the working classes, the workers must fight against the enemies of their rights and their liberation. For he who defends the exploiters and who helps to prolong this present regime of misery, he is the mortal enemy of the proletariat, whether he be in a cassock or in the uniform of the police.

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About Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg (also Rozalia Luxenburg; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionary socialist of Polish-Jewish descent who became a naturalized German citizen. She was, successively, a member of the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL), the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD), and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).

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Native Name: Róża Luksemburg
Alternative Names: Rozalia Luxenburg Rosa Luksemburg Rozalia Luksenburg Róża Luxemburg
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