The Future Belongs to the People

"THE FUTURE BELONGS
TO THE PEOPLE"

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"The Future Belongs
to the People”

BY

KARL LIEBKNECHT

(Speeches made since the beginning of the War)

EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY

S. ZIMAND

WITH AN INTRODUCTION

By WALTER WEYL

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1918

All rights reserved

Copyright, 1918


By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
Set up and Electrotyped. Published, November 26, 1918

Press of J. J. Little & Ives Co., New York

CONTENTS

PAGE
Preface by Walter E. Weyl 9
Introduction 14
The Man Liebknecht 21
The First Days 25
Liebknecht's Visit to Belgium 27
Did Not Cheer the Kaiser 29
Liebknecht Disapproves of the Majority Socialists of Germany 30
The Reichstag Meeting of Dec. 2, 1914 31
Liebknecht Condemned by His Party 34
A New Year's Greeting to England 36
Speech Delivered at the War Meeting of the Prussian Assembly, Mar. 2, 1915 40
In Defence of Rosa Luxemburg 53
Liebknecht Called to Army Service 61
Liebknecht Questions the Government 62
Liebknecht Expelled from Social Democratic Party 74
Reichstag Discussion about the Censorship 75
Justice in Germany in War Time 76
The Situation in Austria 98
Education in Germany in War Time 100

Liebknecht Protests at Being Prevented from Discussing the Submarine Warfare 113
Reichstag Meeting of March 23, 1916 115
Liebknecht's Comments on the Imperial Chancellor's Speech, April 5, 1916 116
Reichstag Meeting, April 7, 1916 118
Liebknecht's Remarks on the German War Loan, Reichstag Meeting, April 8, 1916 123
Liebknecht's May Day Manifesto 126
Liebknecht's May Day 1916 Speech 128
Liebknecht's Reply to His Judges 137
Liebknecht's Trial and Release 143

"The aim of my life is the overthrow of monarchy. As my father, who appeared before this court exactly thirty-five years ago to defend himself against the charge of treason, was ultimately pronounced victor, so I believe the day is not far distant when the principles which I represent will be recognized as patriotic, as honorable, as true."

Karl Liebknecht.

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