HISTORY 322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Die Rote Fahne, Proletarian Revolution, Proletariat
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First published as "richtlinien fur die arbciter und soldatenrate deutschlands"" in die rote. Dimendberg, edward, martin jay, and anton kaes eds The revolution has made its entry into germany. The masses of the soldiers, who for four years were driven to the slaughterhouse for the sake of capitalistic profits, and the masses of workers, who for four years were exploited, crushed, and starved, have revolted. That fearful tool of oppression prussian militarism, that scourge of humanity lies broken on the ground. Its most noticeable representatives, and therewith the most noticeable of those guilty of this war, the. Kaiser and the crown prince, have fled from the country. Workers" and soldiers" councils have been formed everywhere. Proletarians of all countries, we do not say that in germany all the power has really been lodged in the hands of the working people, that the complete triumph of the proletarian revolution has already been attained.
