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Revolutionary wave

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A revolutionary wave is a series of revolutions WP) occurring in various locations. In many cases, an initial revolution inspires other "affiliate revolutions" with similar aims.[1]

The concept is important to Marxists WP), who see revolutionary waves as evidence that a world revolution WP) is possible. For Rosa Luxemburg WP), "The most precious thing...in the sharp ebb and flow of the revolutionary waves is the proletariat's spiritual growth. The advance by leaps and – bounds of the intellectual stature of the proletariat affords an inviolable guarantee of its further progress in the inevitable economic and political struggles ahead."[2]

Examples given of revolutionary waves include:

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References[edit]

  1. Mark N. Katz, Revolution and Revolutionary Waves, Palgrave Macmillan (October 1, 1999)
  2. Rosa Luxemburg WP), Gesammelte Werke, quoted in Wikipedia:Tony Cliff Rosa Luxemburg, 1905 and the classic account of the mass strike in Patterns of mass strike, International Socialism 2:29, Summer 1985, p.3-61.

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