: Why we fight: Rosa Luxemburg on War #IndiaNEWSAll #International In 2022, war around the world is still pervasive. Conflicts around the world have cost lakhs, possibly millions of lives so far.

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Why we fight: Rosa Luxemburg on War #IndiaNEWSAll #International
In 2022, war around the world is still pervasive. Conflicts around the world have cost lakhs, possibly millions of lives so far. While the world focuses on the extremely dangerous conflict in Ukraine, there are still massive and bloody conflicts scattered throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Civil wars in Ethiopia and Yemen continue. Myanmar still contends with internal conflict. The Sahel region sees recurrent upsurge, and the Drug War in Colombia and Mexico have cost them thousands of lives in 2022 alone. These are to name just a few.
By comparison, the Global North has remained nearly war-free for decades, at least in terms of being a site of war, but their war apparatus continues to grow and looms a large shadow over the world. The old dreams of world peace look less realistic, even in countries that have not known the threat of war for generations.
In some ways, we see the trend moving away from peace. As the Ukraine conflict showed the world, the military alliances of the world are going to butt heads for years to come. In many ways, the situation resembles the period before World War I, when the war started because of a single assassination. The assassination triggered a cascade of events, leading the most powerful countries to commit to such high levels of senseless violence unheard of in human history.
Before World War I, the imperialist powers began to approach the almost inevitable war. The world was divided into sides. Small conflicts grew into bigger conflicts. Treaties intended to prevent fighting were being subverted. The great powers of Europe were waiting for a final excuse to fight a massive war.
Your “order” is built on sand: Remembering Rosa Luxemburg
In Germany, the Social Democratic Party came to power, after winning mass support. In theory, the SDP was a radical communist party, though it only supported moderate reforms when it got power. As a result, many Communists became disillusioned with the SDP and pursued revolutionary action directly with workers.
Against the interests of the German people, the SDP supported Germany’s entry into World War I. Many former members of the SDP called this a betrayal of their socialist principles. They felt that the state could have worked for the people. Instead, it imprisoned revolutionaries and brought the country into a massive war.
The Accumulation of Capital: A Contribution to an Economic Explanation of Imperialism was first published in 1913.
Rosa Luxemburg was one of the most important theorists of war. In her book, Accumulation of Capital, she noted that Capitalism could not exist by itself. She showed, using historical examples and advanced economic theory that an economy with only workers and owners would quickly collapse.

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