Panel

Proposal for Left Forum Conference 2015

Title: Publishing the Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburgin English and Chinese

Description: Rosa Luxemburg is widely heralded as one of the most important
thinkers in the radical tradition because of her theory of revolutionary spontaneity,
critique of organizational centralization, affirmation of the inseparability of
socialism and democracy, and her prescient analyses of capitalisms incessant drive
for self-expansion and imperialist domination. Access to the depth and breadth of
her contribution, however, has been limited by the fact that more than 70% of her
writings have never been translated into English. Far less is available in China,
where interest in her work has grown in recent years. This panel will discuss newly-
discovered manuscripts and writings of Luxemburg that have recently come to light,
as well as other aspects of her work, that are only now being made available in
Verso Books planned 14-volume The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg as well as a
corresponding effort to produce her Complete Works in Chinese.

Panelists:

Deng Rene, Peoples Publishing House, Beijing, China:
The Publication of Rosa Luxemburgs Work in China.
Email: dengrene@aliuyun.com

Xiong Min, Department of Philosophy, Wuhan University, China:
The State of Research on Rosa Luxemburg in China.
Email: xmin73@tom.com

Paul Le Blanc, Professor of History, LaRoche College:
Rosa Luxemburg on Imperialisms Human Impact
Email: Paul.LeBlanc@LaRoche.edu

Peter Hudis, General Editor, The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg
The Unknown Rosa Luxemburg: The Discovery of her Previously Unpublished
Writings
Email: peterhudis@aol.com