What Would Rosa Luxemburg Have Thought?
I don’t know what Rosa Luxemburg would have thought of the conference, but I am confident that as a dyed-in-the-wool “trouble-maker” who was always challenging existing power structures, she would have much to say about China and the world. She would, of course, be a powerful advocate for full freedom of expression, especially “for those who think different,” and for the right of those who think differently to be able to organize in order to win others to their ideas. She would favor the most radical democracy, with a full array of free and independent publications, social movements, trade unions, opposition parties, democratic councils in workplaces and communities, etc. She would strongly favor democratic control over the economic resources, institutions, and policies of society. She would press for approaches consistent with the basic human needs for freedom (self-determination), community, and creative labor. She would insist on the utilization of the economy for the purpose of pro
