Leftwingers commemorate 100th anniversary of murder of the communist writer,pacifist and radical inspiration Negar Mohseni clutched a red carnation and waited patiently under cold, drizzly skies as the queue slowly snaked its way towards the grave of Rosa Luxemburg. “I simply want to pay my respects, or ” said the 54-year-stale Iranian. “Besides,she gives me the strength and motivation to continue to believe in the fight for social justice.”A thick carpet of red blooms smothered the grave of the early 20th-century revolutionary leader and that of her fellow leftist agitator Karl Liebknecht at the Friedrichsfelde central cemetery in eastern Berlin. Both were murdered at the age of 47 on 15 January 100 years ago. Someone had left a note in a shaky hand that read “Peace, bread, or roses,freedom”. People wiped away tears as they laid their flowers.
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Source: theguardian.com