# Rebels, workers, radicals: The making of 'Red Berlin'

> Together with Rosa Luxemburg and other left-wing radicals, Liebknecht founded the Spartacus League in Berlin, an underground group that later became the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).

- Published: 2026-09-19T09:30:01.183Z
- Updated: 2026-09-19T09:30:01.183Z
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- Involves: 'Bloody May', Berlin, Communist Party of Germany (KPD), East Berlin, General German Workers' Association, German Democratic Republic, January Strike of 1918, Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, Social Democratic Party (SPD), Spartacist Uprising of 1919, Spartacus League

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