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Self-criticism, cruel, unsparing criticism that goes to the very root of the evil, is life and breath for the proletarian movement.

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Rosa Luxemburg
Age: 47 †
Born: 1871
Born: March 5
Died: 1919
Died: January 15
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Rozalia Luxenburg
Róża Luksemburg
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