Revolution and Other Writings: A Political Reader

“Landauer is the most important agitator of the radical and revolutionary movement in the entire country.” This is how Gustav Landauer is described in a German police file from 1893. Twenty—six years later, Landauer would die at the hands of reactionary soldiers who overthrew the Bavarian Council Republic, a three—week attempt to realize libertarian socialism amidst the turmoil of post—World War I Germany. It was the last chapter in the life of an activist, writer, and mystic who Paul Avric...