What is the Spartacus League?
Q: What is the Spartacus League?
A: The Spartacus League was a Marxist revolutionary movement in Germany during World War I.
Q: Why was it named after Spartacus?
A: It was named after Spartacus, the leader of the largest slave rebellion of the Roman Republic.
Q: Who were some of the founders of the Spartacus League?
A: Some of the founders of the Spartacus League were Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, and Clara Zetkin.
Q: What did the Spartacus League later change its name to?
A: The Spartacus League later changed its name to the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD).
Q: When did the Spartacus League join the Comintern?
A: The Spartacus League joined the Comintern in 1919.
Q: When was the Spartacus League most active?
A: The Spartacus League was most active during the German Revolution of 1918.
Q: What was the Spartacus League's method of trying to start a revolution?
A: The Spartacus League wanted to start a revolution through its newspaper, Spartacus Letters.