SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Rudi Dutschke

1940 - 1979

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Alfred Willi Rudolf Dutschke (German: [ˈʁuːdi ˈdʊtʃkə]; 7 March 1940 – 24 December 1979) was a German sociologist and political activist who, until severely injured by an assassin in 1968, was a leading charismatic figure within the Socialist Students Union (SDS) in West Germany, and that country's broader "extra-parliamentary opposition" (APO). Dutschke claimed both Christian and Marxist inspiration for a socialism that rejected both the Leninist model of party dictatorship that he had experienced as a youth in East Germany, and the compromises of West German social democracy. He advocated the creation of alternative or parallel social, economic and political institutions structured on the principles of direct democracy. At the same time, he joined Moscow- and Beijing-oriented communists in hailing Third World national liberation struggles as fronts in a world-wide socialist revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudi Dutschke is the 189th most popular social activist (down from 161st in 2019), the 1,600th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,271st in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Rudi Dutschke ranks 189 out of 840. Before him are Manuela Sáenz, Klaus Störtebeker, Carl Oberg, Kailash Satyarthi, Billy Milligan, and Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson. After him are Leopold Trepper, Salvador Puig Antich, Ales Bialiatski, Balthasar Gérard, Kartini, and Vladimir Bukovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Rudi Dutschke ranks 124. Before him are Frida Boccara, Peter Diamond, Gojko Mitić, Robin Cook, Souleymane Cissé, and Walter Alvarez. After him are Régis Debray, Fabrizio De André, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Amjad Khan, Ricky Nelson, and Agostino Vallini. Among people deceased in 1979, Rudi Dutschke ranks 59. Before him are Conrad Hilton, Richard Rodgers, Charles W. Morris, Walther Gerlach, Pier Luigi Nervi, and Michael Wilding. After him are Heinz Reinefarth, Nicos Poulantzas, Nereo Rocco, Konstantin Simonov, Yuen Siu-tien, and Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudi Dutschke ranks 1,600 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Schäfer (1927), Pascual Jordan (1902), Johann Arndt (1555), Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria (1878), Kurt Franz (1914), and Otto Wels (1873). After him are Carl Correns (1864), Richard Glücks (1889), Méret Oppenheim (1913), Gustav Landauer (1870), Wolf Vostell (1932), and Friedrich Wetter (1928).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Germany

Among social activists born in Germany, Rudi Dutschke ranks 19. Before him are Alfred Naujocks (1911), Gerda Christian (1913), Paul Schäfer (1921), Gretl Braun (1915), Klaus Störtebeker (1360), and Carl Oberg (1897). After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818), Christoph Probst (1919), Ludolf von Alvensleben (1901), Harro Schulze-Boysen (1909), Juliana of Stolberg (1506), and Christa Schroeder (1908).

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