Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht, born on this day in 1871, was a German socialist politician and theorist. Originally associated with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Liebknecht later became a co-founder with Rosa Luxemburg of both the Spartacus League and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). Liebknecht is also known for his outspoken opposition to World War I.
The son of Wilhelm Liebknecht, one of the founders of the SPD, Karl Liebknecht trained to be a lawyer and defended many Social Democrats in political trials. He was also a leading figure in the socialist youth movement and thus became a leading figure in the struggle against militarism.
As a deputy in the Reichstag he was one of the first SPD representatives to break party discipline and vote against war credits in December 1914. He became a figurehead for the struggle against the war. His opposition was so successful that his parliamentary immunity was removed and he was improsoned.
Freed by the November revolution he immediately threw himself into the struggle and became with Rosa Luxemburg one of the founders of the new Communist Party (KPD)
In January 1919, the Spartacus League played a leading role in the Spartacist Uprising, a general strike and armed rebellion in Berlin. The uprising was crushed by the SPD government and the Freikorps (paramilitary units composed of World War I veterans). For their role in the uprising, Liebknecht and Luxemburg were both kidnapped, tortured, and murdered on January 15th, 1919.
Their contributions to European socialism are commemorated annually in Germany during the second weekend of January, an event known as the Liebknecht-Luxemburg Demonstration, or "LL-Demo" for short.
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caved to watching The Boys with my mom, yeah yeah, I’ve generally seen the mixed S4 reception but we just finished S1 and it’s at least really good thus far IMO
I feel like most of the reception is more "okay, done with this now" than a drop in quality anyway. It's mostly the same as it's always been: gory, fun, GTAV levels of social satire.
Something was a bit off about season 4, I felt. Like you know how they do the little Vought produced movies and shows inside the show? There were times when the entire episode felt like that, like the dialogue wasn’t being delivered sincerely or something about the writing was a little different or something. I’m not much of a television critic so I can’t exactly put my finger on it.
Still though, I liked it and the Boys is one of my favorite shows overall, I just felt like it didn’t hit the same as the previous seasons. I wouldn’t say it jumped the shark or anything.
brings a sort of Parahumans vibe to the table I hadn’t reearthed since I finished Ward
anyways probably expect some emotes
We need Billy Butcher emotes, his facial expressions are priceless.
Now picturing the queen of escalation murdering all the Vought capes in an afternoon