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 was described in a German police file from 1893. Twenty-six years later, Landauer died 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 a unique activist, writer, and mystic.

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