Spartacus League

The Spartacus League () was a Marxist revolutionary movement in Germany during World War I.David Priestand, Red Flag:  A History of Communism," New York: Grove Press, 2009 The League was named after Spartacus, leader of the largest slave rebellion of the Roman Republic. Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, Clara Zetkin, and others started the group. The League later changed its name to the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD). It joined the Comintern in 1919. It was most active during the German Revolution of 1918. The League wanted to start a revolution through its newspaper, Spartacus Letters.Eric D. Weitz, Creating German Communism, 1890-1990: From Popular Protests to Socialist State.  Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997

Well-known members

 Leo Jogiches
 Paul Levi
 Karl Liebknecht
 Rosa Luxemburg
 Julian Marchlewski

 Ernst Meyer
 Franz Mehring
 Wilhelm Pieck
 August Thalheimer
 Bertha Thalheimer
 Clara Zetkin

References

Category:Communist parties in Europe