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  • Published: 23 September 2025
  • ISBN: 9781644213070
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $29.99

Rosa Luxemburg

No to Borders





A fictionalized biography of the great Polish-German revolutionary and anti-war activist. The only book about Luxemburg for readers 12+.

A fictionalized biography of the great Polish-German revolutionary and anti-war activist. The only book about Luxemburg for readers 12+.

Rosa Luxemburg was a Polish-born German revolutionary emboldened by the necessity of acting against imperialism, colonialism, and militarism. When she was jailed in 1914 for her anti-war speeches, she continued to speak against World War I by writing pamphlets published under a pseudonym. And after her release from prison she continued campaigning for her political causes, co-founding the Communist Party of Germany. Luxemburg was assassinated by the German Freikorps (paramilitary unit), who were sent by the German Chancellor to destroy the left-wing revolt. On the night before her death, she wrote about her belief in the masses and the “inevitability of a triumphant revolution.”  After her death, Lenin praised her, calling her “an eagle of the working class,” and her writings and commitment to democracy and internationalism live on.

In this fictionalized biography of the great activist and revolutionary, we see her actions and ideas through the eyes of her faithful companion, Mimi, an alley cat who has a front row view of this astonishing thinker and mover who railed against building walls between countries and people.

  • Published: 23 September 2025
  • ISBN: 9781644213070
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $29.99

Praise for Rosa Luxemburg

Praise for Mordechai Anielewicz: No to Despair:
A thrilling biography with the immediacy and emotional impact of a novel....
      "'The opposite of despair is not hope,' Anielewicz famously said. 'It’s struggle.' That’s an apt description of the They Said No series, whose stated mission is to demonstrate “the importance of standing up for what you know is right.” Perhaps, if these books rally enough young activists to say no to fear and despair, future Politkovskayas and Anielewiczes will be able to lead long and happy lives."
--Alan Gratz, New York Times Book Review

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