Spartacus League

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Marxist organization anti-war organization political organization revolutionary organization

The Spartacus League was a radical Marxist revolutionary organization in Germany during World War I that opposed the war and later helped found the Communist Party of Germany.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Marxist organization → anti-war organization → political organization → revolutionary organization →
activeIn	Germany →
country	German Empire →
dissolved	1919 →
founded	1916 →
foundedBy	Clara Zetkin → Ernst Meyer → Franz Mehring → Hugo Eberlein NERFINISHED → Karl Liebknecht → Leo Jogiches → Paul Levi → Rosa Luxemburg → Wilhelm Pieck →
goal	establishment of a socialist republic → overthrow of capitalism in Germany →
headquartersLocation	Berlin →
helpedFound	Communist Party of Germany →
historicalPeriod	Weimar Revolution period → World War I →
ideology	Marxism → communism → revolutionary socialism →
languageOfWorkOrName	German →
mergedInto	Communist Party of Germany →
namedAfter	Spartacus →
opposed	Burgfriedenspolitik → German participation in World War I → Social Democratic Party of Germany leadership → World War I → imperialism → militarism →
participatedIn	German Revolution of 1918–1919 → Spartacist uprising →
partOf	German socialist movement →
politicalPosition	far-left →
precededBy	Gruppe Internationale →
publication	Die Rote Fahne → Spartakusbriefe →
separatedFrom	Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany → Social Democratic Party of Germany →
supported	proletarian revolution → socialization of industry → workers' councils →
usedMethod	mass strikes → propaganda against the war → revolutionary agitation →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rosa Luxemburg → Rosa Luxemburg → Wilhelm Pieck →	memberOf
Rosa Luxemburg → Rosa Luxemburg →	coFounderOf
Junius Pamphlet →	associatedWith
Communist Party of Germany →	foundedBy
Spartacist uprising →	hasLeader
Spartacist uprising →	hasParticipant