In defense of nationality


The 1900 edition of Poznan

In defending nationality - a brochure by Rose Luxemburg, published in Poznań at the end of 1900, and inspired by the growing anti-Polish course represented by the Prussian partition authorities (Kulturkampf).

Although the author questioned the need for Poland to regain its independence and believed that the Polish lands would be economically dependent on the partitioning states, it was in favor of full autonomy in the cultural development of Poles within these states. The brochure showed the Poles' right to cultivate their language and culture while recognizing that the creation of antagonisms in this regard was not in the interest of German society but only of its capitalist elites, using nationalist conflicts for their political purposes. The publication was intensively distributed in the proletarian environment in Poznań.

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