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ROSA LUXEMBURG VERSO STIFTUNG Verso would like to thank the Rosa Luxemburg St.ifi:ung for assistance in publishing this book. ROSA LUXEMBURG STIFTUNG First published by Verso 2015 Artwork and text © Kate Evans 2015 Afterword © Paul Buhle 2015 All rights reserved The moral right5 of the artist and authors have been asserted 13579 108642 Verso UK: 6 Mearcl Street, London WlFOEG US: 20 Jay Street, Suite IO I 0, Brooklyn, NY 1120 I ww,v. verso books.com Verso is the imprint of New Left Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78478-099-9 eISBN-13: 978-1-78478-101-9 (US) eISBN-13: 978-1-78478-100-2 (UK) British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Libraiy Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Libra.I')' of Congress 1 ypeset by Seai1 Ford Printed in the US by Maple Press A graphic biography of Rosa Luxemburg Written and illustrated by Kate Evans Edited and with an afterword by Paul Buhle The following is a fictional representation of factual events. Photographic source material has been used to create the characters ;rnd settings. Italicised passages of text are direct quotes from Luxemburg's writings; whe1-e these have been edited for brevity the quotations have been reproduced in full in the notes al the encl of the book. In addition to this, many of the conversations between the characters have been created using Luxemburg's actual vvords; once again the original quotes, and context, are included at the end. In order to compress a life as rich as Rosa's into 179 pages, minor events have been omitted, some peripheral characters have been conflated, and in a few places the chronology of events has been reversed for dramatic effect. The notes contain a full explanation of any deviation from the historical record. Saturday, March 18th 1871. , The people of P,u-is rise up and seize control of their city. The ordinary women, men and children of the Paris Commune embark upon ;m open experimen I lihertl, egalite ,md fraternitl. It will last for two Meanwhile, in the small city of Zamosc, Poland ... Edward, youbaveMo.x and.Ji,z.e/ Where is Mikoly? Anna, my child, 5lop 3,:i~iTJ_g al :::;;tf!.,. !four habys ;sJer !~d j-;;' hi~~ ___... ,,~--.. {"_ '/AIR.~~ I I , JJ 91rl, ye&? 7' A11J 1 · ho-wold is .s.lief -~l 2 WeJJ! 7here's .110 dovht wJ,o 1-he father 15/ It} averg ) fin<! no.se. I Jove }:lour 11ose/ _/ _find lhal: ]know! 1 puf a cap /hair! on her and il.rlicks slraigJ,t hacJ up -µher, 1 'tal<e jlcff \ / .Pont Jisl~JJ to my husbar,J. His}rains are addled in J his dofa;1e. / She is our Jate..._ ;,,,,' J;Joomin_g ra5e. '\ •\\ ~',., ,, Ah ~s,'f?.oza/14~ A Jorel_g 1>ame. Js she a 900d J>abJI? poes she Crj!? Poes she s/e~? "'YJ , ., - ' 0 ' . ;_.- ·\)\~ ,: ~"" l1 .j §\ ~ '*~~ I~ I 3 ' 1m~~=~.===;.., ,,--------~ r------..-.i"-.------' What do we know of Rosa The family settle Luxemburg's childhood? in Warsaw when she is tl1ree years old. They rent an apa.rln1enl on Zfola Street, a respectable We can district, not in only glean a few tl1eJewish crumbs of information. quarter. Little Rosa doesn't grnw straight. She has Little Rosa a strange limp, which bafTies tl1e doctor·. doesn't gTow (Probably congenital hip dysplasia.) ta.II. \t\lhen she is five, they confine her for a year in a heavy plaster cast. . [ Jd!l~lfii :I . Her dispropor tionately small a.dull frame hints at childhood malnub·ition. -==:....=~--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-=--L- "c~e=~n~t~:u-r=i:-e:--s-o-;f:--,u-1~b-·- ~S:"e.n.,~1i~tifc!. :___ ___ _..1_ l'.._. -_-_:.._. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-~--_J legislation restrict Edward's Lina.I lie re'lsonable! employment options. Re asonahle? This 1i hC!t He sb·uggles by as a w~ lolerable ! have enou9h businessman, but lo pa':J the renl - ho more. business isn't good. Whal J..Jill Ive eat? 11~~ needs h<>~ls ! Iozefn eeds boots t The# .have pul thal nut on 'R_c,sa -we must pa'J lhe doctor, or sht:111 I take it <J/f 111!:Jse!f 1vith a saw? 4