APWH Unit 7 Global Conflict Assessment l "Freedom only for the supporters of the govemment, only for the members of one party- however numerous be--is no freedom at all. People often assume that we Marxists have a ready-made formula for how to effect t transfonnation to socialism. But that is not the case. It is true that we have the theory of the proletarian dictato the concept of the revolutionary party. We also know more or less what we must eliminate to free the road for economy, but when it comes to the practical details, there are many possible paths. I believe that the only way true socialism is to do so in the most broadly democratic way. Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of the press and assembly, without a free struggle of op dies out in every public institution. Those who say that all we need is a few dozen party leaders to direct and rui not true advocates of socialism. Those who say that all we need is to invite a few members of the working class ! party meetings from time to time so that they can applaud the speeches of our leaders are not true advocates of What such people want is a dictatorship to be sure, just not the dictatorship of the proletariat advocated by Marx, merely the dictatorship of a handful of politicians. It is really ver the workers." not much different from the dictatorship of the bour Rosa Luxemburg, Gennan Marxist socialist, "The Problem of Dictatorship," essay publishe The ideas expressed by Rosa Luxemburg in the passage are most directly a response to which of the followin developments? a. b. Attempts by German and Italian fascist governments to suppress communism C. The spread of Soviet communism across eastern Europe following the First World War The policies of the Bolshevik Party following its successful seizure of power in the Russian Revol d. Efforts by many European governments to co-opt socialist ideas while maintaining a free-markets

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