SPD
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Klara Zetkin (1857–1933) was a revolutionary Marxist and feminist theorist, central to the socialist women’s movement. Advocating the link between class and gender oppression, she founded International Women’s Day and actively opposed war and fascism. Her legacy influences contemporary Marxist-feminist thought and gender-labor debates within socialism.
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Franz Mehring (1846–1919) was a crucial figure in German Marxism, serving as historian, journalist, and political activist. His works, including a biography of Marx, highlight class struggle and critique bourgeois historiography. A founding member of the KPD, he embodied the tensions within socialism and left a lasting legacy in historical and literary criticism.
Letters from Tomis 