The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg by Rosa Luxemburg

Author:Rosa Luxemburg [Luxemburg, Rosa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-1-78168-233-3
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 2013-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

[P.S.] I’m reading and enjoying the supplement with Gorky’s story; also the poem by Liliencron is beautiful.561

TO KOSTYA ZETKIN

[Südende, after January 26, 1912]

Juju, darling, your dear note came early this morning, and only now do I have some peace and quiet for writing you. Yesterday there were people sitting around at my place—luckily the article562 was already finished—and I couldn’t even remember what I had written to you. This morning I went out for a bit of a walk and that refreshed me; as I was going out I met the mailman, who gave me your letter, I read it right away on the street and became cheerful and happy. Juju, you’re right, one must now work systematically against parliamentary cretinism, but first I still have to translate for myself how exactly that is to be understood. Above all, it seems to me important to agitate for an action program in the sense that we mean it, and I hope that yesterday’s article will be reprinted by the press. Otherwise, the only thing our radicals know—including the Leipziger Volkszeitung—is to repeat by rote: “What we were we shall remain, we will not accept any new tactics.” This is the eternal defensive response against opportunism, which only knows the phrase “the good, old tactics, tried and true,” carrying it like a banner. I believe, to the contrary, that we now have to make a mighty effort to move forward, to promote greater capability for action and take the offensive. It’s too bad that Duncker already expressed readiness for concessions on the question of the presiding committee [of the Reichstag].563

Once again that’s supposed to be clever politics. I consider it necessary to say exactly the opposite as sharply as possible, that we don’t give a hoot about this business. Maybe that will even cause annoyance among our own people at first—but it will gradually win acceptance and have a sobering effect.

Most important now would be to hold public meetings on the issues. I’m still wavering about whether or not I should try to hold one here in Berlin. It would definitely have an impact. But I feel it would be such a shame to dissipate my energies again. In the end I must, after all, stick to my work on economics.564

Niuniu, I now have a book for Niuniu, which I will send him by way of his mother and from which he can take a lot for use in the children’s supplement. I’m reading it now and enjoying it. Dudu, it’s snowing today and the world is white. Mimi was meowing for two days and nights, making me very nervous. She also became thin and faint, but now she’s better already, today she even played with me a little. Poor, dear Mimi.

Today, among the other sparrows that came to eat, was one with a dislocated leg, he hopped only on one leg, but he could fly. I felt so sorry for him!

All of us kiss you: N., M., and the sparrows.

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