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Spartacist — may refer to: *Spartacus, who led a slave rebellion against the Roman Empire *The Spartacist League, a left wing Marxist revolutionary movement in Germany during and just after World War I *The modern Spartacist League, the International… … Wikipedia
Spartacist — /spärˈtə sist/ noun 1. A follower of Spartacus, leader of the slaves that revolted against Rome in the Third Slave War (73–71BC) 2. A member of an extreme German communist group that staged an uprising in 1918 … Useful english dictionary
Spartacist League of Britain — The Spartacist League of Britain is a Trotskyist political party in Britain. It is the British section of the International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist).The group was founded at a conference held over the weekend of 4–5 April 1978… … Wikipedia
Spartacist League (disambiguation) — The Spartacist League is the name of several political groups:*The original Spartacist League, a communist organisation in post World War I Germany. *The International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist) (ICL FI), popularly known as the… … Wikipedia
Spartacist League — The Spartacist League (Spartakusbund in German) was a left wing Marxist revolutionary movement organized in Germany during and just after the politically volatile years of World War I. The League was named after Spartacus, leader of the largest… … Wikipedia
Spartacist uprising — The Spartacist uprising, also known as the January uprising, was a general strike (and the armed battles accompanying it) in Germany from January 5 to January 12, 1919. Its suppression is considered to mark the end of the German Revolution. The… … Wikipedia
Spartacist League (Sweden) — The Spartacist League was a small Trotskyist political party in Sweden. It was a member of the international Spartacist tendency (iSt).The League consisted of a small nucleus of supporters, from the late 1970s until the early 1980s. The members… … Wikipedia
Spartacist Uprising — an abortive bid in January 1919 to overthrow Germany s interim government. On Sunday, 5 January 1919, in reply to the dismissal of Berlin* Police Chief Emil Eichhorn,* the USPD and the Revolu tionary Shop Stewards* organized a workers march… … Historical dictionary of Weimar Republik
Spartacist — noun Etymology: German Spartakist, from Spartakusbund, literally, league of Spartakus, a revolutionary organization, from Spartakus, pen name of Karl Liebknecht, its cofounder Date: 1919 a member of a revolutionary political group organized in… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Spartacist — [ spα:təsɪst, təkɪst] noun a member of the Spartacus League, a German revolutionary socialist group founded in 1916. Origin from Spartacus, the pseudonym of one of its founders (orig. the name of a rebellious Roman slave) … English new terms dictionary
