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Spartacist
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Spartacist [ˈspɑːtəsɪst]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a member of a group of German radical socialists formed in 1916 and in 1919 becoming the German Communist Party, led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
[from the pen name Spartacus (after the Thracian slave (died 71 bc) who led a revolt of gladiators against Rome) adopted by Karl Liebknecht (1871-1919)]
Spartacist
1. a member of a German socialist party founded in 1918.
2. an extreme socialist. [Allusion to Spartacus, leader of a slave revolt against Rome, 73-71 B.C.]
See also: Politics
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In January 1919, the Spartacists attempted to overthrow the government but were crushed by the army and Freikorps troops--volunteers raised by individual army commanders.
Lessons of the Weimar Republic: the history of Weimar Germany ... by Telzrow, Michael E. / The New American
Cliches from the usual Left journals are their resort--from Green Left Weekly, Socialist Worker and flyers of ageing Spartacists.
Wars, demonstrations and peace movements: memories and observations by Teichmann, Max / National Observer - Australia and World Affairs
Also, about this time the leader of the Spartacist movement, Kurt Liebknecht, who had been jailed for sedition, was released, and the Spartacists judged that it was now a good time for a full scale revolution.
1918 -- the anatomy of defeat by Main, Ian D / Sabretache
 
 
 
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