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Seit einiger Zeit debattiert die Osteuropageschichte und zunehmend auch die NS-Forschung die räumliche Wendung in der historischen Genozidforschung und ihr bisher prominentestes Ergebnis, Timothy Snyders Bloodlands (München 2011). In der Süddeutschen Zeitung Online (23.5.12) diskutiert der Berliner Historiker Michael Wildt nun unter dem Titel “Ist der […]
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João Machado was a leader of DS throughout the period in question. This text draws on parts of a written contribution to the Seminar dedicated to Daniel Bensaid, held at the IIRE in January 2012. However, Bensaid's role in DS's discussions was not singled out just for that reason – he really played a crucial part, especially in the later period. - […]
Abdulaziz al-Khair was a leading member of the Communist Action Party. He was persecuted and had to live underground for more than ten years. He was arrested and tortured in 1992, sentenced to 22 years and released in 2005. In 2007 he participated in founding the “Left Assembly”, which included the Communist Action Party, the Kurdish Left Party, the Body of Syrian Communists, the Marxist Democratic Assembly and the Coordination Committee of the Members of the Syrian Communist Party – Politburo.
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“The true left in the region and the world has been with the Syrian people and their interests all along. The problem were always Stalinist parties or Soviet satellites. For them, the main criterion is the regime’s position on international conflicts. Whereas leftist principles say that the priority in defining the position towards states and parties should be according to their policies towards their own peoples. We have our critical historic view of this “leftist” deformation. We consider it to be one of the causes for the defeat of the international left which had been established according to the Soviet model while others unfortunately consider it “political realism”. In terms of its emergence, the CWP belongs to the New Left. This left, critical to Stalinism, appeared at a decisive moment in the late sixties of the last century. We remain faithful to this project.
The Syrian regime was actually to the left of the Arab regimes in general, concerning the national issue as well as in some social issues. But often this was only the surface of politics but not in depth. Although being very pragmatic, the regime for its own benefit was eager to remain in this position within the official Arab range. As the whole Arab scene shifted to the right, the Syrian regime without hesitation shifted with it, but was keen to stay on the left wing at the same time. It made continuous efforts to maintain good relations with Latin America, China and other Asian countries to use these relations when it needed them.
This situation changed with the beginning of the current popular revolution, especially when the repressive practices of the regime became obvious. What we see is the core of the regime’s policy which it has been practicing secretly for decades. Its foreign policy, admired by some leftists and patriots, was used as a cover. They were deceived, but as the truth comes to the light of day, the regimes looses its friends and allies one after the other. They are joining the ranks of those who see the necessity to respond to the people’s demands.
International Workers’ Day 2012. The people demand unionized workers!
In the upcoming demonstrations of the united left, the Independent Union WAC Maan and the Daam workers’ party, call for peace, equality and social justice, and demonstrates in solidarity with the popular Arab uprisings, particularly the heroic revolt of the Syrian people.
The Independent Trade Union WAC Maan and the Daam workers’ party, call on their members and supporters to take an active part in the demonstrations and marches of the united leftwing and workers’ organizations, which will be held to mark May Day (International Workers’ Day) in Tel Aviv on May 1, in Haifa on April 28, and in Jerusalem on April 27.
We are happy that for the first time in years, the forces on the left together with workers’ organizations have united to march together under the banner, “The people demand unionized workers.” Despite some differences of opinion, it is clear that all the groups marching to mark May Day agree on the need to step up the struggle against the extreme rightwing government of Benjamin Netanyahu. We aspire to a united front which presents an alternative social political agenda.
Arab and Jewish activists from the WAC Maan will join members of Da’am, the Workers Party, to call for peace, equality and social justice. As a Jewish-Arab workers’ organization aiming for revolutionary change, we dedicate this year to the Arab uprisings, especially the Syrian revolt. The Syrian people are rising up to demand freedom, justice and peace, and to bring down the dictator who butchers his citizens mercilessly. In the May Day marches, we will also convey a message of solidarity to the young Egyptian revolutionaries and the Egyptian workers who did the impossible and brought down the tyrant Mubarak. We will strengthen them as they work to complete the aims of the revolution.
Our main target is the anti-worker, rightwing and warmongering government of Israel. On May Day this year, we emphasize the call to bring down Netanyahu’s government, because:
Netanyahu’s government leads destructive economic social policies. For many years, even before his latest election as prime minister, Netanyahu has promoted privatization of the public sphere and dismantled the social security net. Israel has become a paradise for tycoons and hell for hundreds of thousands of precarious workers. Today, most Israelis understand that the transfer of natural resources and public services to capitalists has led to poverty, violence and the unraveling of the social fabric.
During the last three years, Netanyahu’s government and its extreme rightwing coalition have passed a slew of racist laws against the state’s Arab citizens. It is currently promoting a program to destroy dozens of Arab villages in the Negev Desert, preventing the development of Arab towns, and increasing hatred and racism.
Netanyahu’s government is responsible for the deadlock in the peace process, which is liable to deteriorate into war. Its policies are based on the strengthening of the settlements in the occupied territories, the rejection of any compromise with the Palestinians, and the creation of an artificial crisis with Iran. The rightwing government, whose foreign minister is the fascist thug Avigdor Lieberman, challenges the international consensus on the need to withdraw to the pre-1967 borders and the need to establish an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
A demonstration in Kufr Qara
In addition to our active participation in these events in the three main cities, WAC Maan together with Da’am – Workers’ Party will organize a demonstration in Kufr Qara on Saturday May 5, in solidarity with the Syrian people who are rising up against the regime. We call for unconditional support to the Syrian people’s popular uprising and with all the Arab people’s uprisings against oppression and exploitation, and for freedom and social justice.
Long live May Day! The people demand unionized workers!
Long live the social protest movement!
Long live the Arab Spring!
Long live the Syrian uprising!
Workers of the world, unite!
Join us as we march in red, the workers’ organization WAC and the workers’ party Da’am!
“Demnach kann man an der eigenen ökonomischen Lage grundsätzlich nichts ändern. Das hat Gott vorherbestimmt. Sogar die individuellen Anlagen – jene des Paradieses oder jene der Hölle – sind vorherbestimmt. Den oben genannten Werteexhibitionismus legitimiert sich ja bereits über Erfolg und Charakter. Nun geht diese Weltanschauung noch fundamentaler. Erfolg und Charakter sind bereits vorherbestimmt. Das enthebt die salafistische Ideologie nun völlig jeglichem Versprechen nach sozioökonomischer Verbesserung. Egal wie es kommt, ob man arm geboren wird und es bleibt oder reich oder sich hocharbeitet. Es ist vorherbestimmt und selbst die charakterliche Einrichtung des Menschen, die das erst ermöglicht, ist vorherbestimmt.
Nun erklärt sich auch, warum Pierre Vogel zum Paradies einlädt und uns immer davor warnt in die Hölle zu kommen. Zur sozialen Frage kann man nach ihm quasi nichts machen. Der Zug ist schon abgefahren bevor wir überhaupt auf die Welt gekommen sind. Aber der Glaube an Gott und die Sekundärtugenden bewahren einen zumindest vor der Hölle. Jegliches Versprechen nach Glück und Wohlergehen wird also ins Jenseits abgeschoben.”
- Linkenkritik aus dem Libanon (Kalima):
“Wenn die Linke einerseits als Ergebnis ihrer Fehler und andererseits wegen des umsichgreifenden Drucks ihr materielles Rückgrat verliert, verbleibt sie mit nichts als einem politisch-moralischen Diskurs als allgemeinen Standpunkt auf dem sie kämpfen. Schließlich, um ein Linker zu sein muss man sich an der Seite der Gerechtigkeit gegen Unterdrückung stellen, mit dem Opfer gegen den Täter, mit den Ausgebeuteten gegen die Ausbeuter. Das ist der ethische Standpunkt, der uns nach dem beinahe ereilten Ableben der libanesischen Linke noch als politische Bewegung leben lässt.”
* American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): The Case of Rosika Schwimmer (1929, zum Versuch der US-Behörden, einer aus Ungarn stammenden Feministin und Pazifistin die Einbürgerung zu verweigern)
1.) Die Räumung der Traveller-Siedlung Dale Farm bei Basildon durch die Bullen hat begonnen, mehr auf der Webseite des Guardian
“Early this morning riot police and bailiffs stormed the Dale Farm community in a dawn raid. Police violated the court order and used sledgehammers to smash through the walls of a fully legal plot on the site in order to force entry. Human rights observers reported several injuries of residents and supporters from police action as they forced their way onto site.”
“At the weekend, two dozen English Defence League activists stormed a Muslim book stall and Qur’an exhibition in Cradley Heath in the Black Country. So much for the claim to be a non-violent protest movement. Even worse, perhaps, is that the bookstall was run by an Ahmadiyya Muslim group. The Ahmadiyya are one of the least fundamentalist or jihadist groups with Islam. They explicitly reject armed jihad, are not seen as part of the Ummah by many orthodox Muslims and indeed are regarded as kafirs (infidels) by fundamentalists. They have, therefore, been subjected to violent persecution by Islamists in Pakistan, Bangladesh and elsewhere. In other words, they are exactly who those who claim to be fighting Islamism should be in solidarity with, not attacking. This demonstrates the EDL’s ignorance about its pet obsession, Islam, and also the hollowness of its claim to be against Islamism rather than ordinary Muslims. It exposes the essential racism and paranoia of the movement.”
5.) Ein Artikel auf LibCom erinnert an den französisch-algerischen anarchistischen Revolutionär Léandre Valero, der am 21. August im Alter von 87 Jahren verstarb
“The movement that began 15 March in Syria is spontaneous. It is a reflexive reaction to all the suffering felt by the masses of people, physically, spiritually and in daily life. Those conditions created a spontaneous consciousness that can’t go higher without the intervention of a political party that represents the working class and brings the masses a materialist understanding of the situation as translated into a political programme.
I accuse the entire Syrian left of having consciously or unconsciously become an integral part of the power structure. Their position is to seek an end to the crisis through a dialogue with the regime, which is also the position of the regime itself. They have lived a twilight existence for eight years, paralysed and isolated from the masses of people. Now they put out leaflets expressing solidarity with the movement, but they still advocate political dialogue with the regime to achieve gradual and peaceful reform.
The movement, which I’d call a popular movement for a Syrian revolution, has sought the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad since it first began in the southern city of Daraa when [two teenagers were arrested for painting a slogan on the walls] that has been the main one at every demonstration ever since: “The people want to topple the regime!”].
This movement is like the revolts in Tunisia and Egypt in that it is spontaneous, with the difference that in Tunisia , for example, an organized political elite and the trade unions took part from the beginning, and human rights and other civil society organizations with international connections were involved in both countries. In Syria , the trade unions are part of the state apparatus (the left and other organizations are forbidden to work in them), and the repression has been much more fierce. Any Syrian contacting organizations abroad on the Net risks a trial before a special tribunal for “communicating with the enemy”and years in prison. The kinds of political currents like the “We’ve had enough!” movement that influenced Egyptian intellectuals and even workers have not existed in Syria . Intellectuals with any revolutionary inclinations have spent at least 15 years in prison.”
Gegen Isolation und Ausgrenzung – Gleiche Rechte für alle!
Bremer Aktionstag gegen rassistische Sondergesetze
Sofortiger Stopp der Zwangsunterbringung in Sammellagern!
Samstag, 14. Mai 2011
Demonstration in die City: 12.00 Uhr
Treffpunkt: Heim Ludwig-Quidde-Straße 14 (Hastedt)
Auftaktaktion: Heim Wardamm 117 (Huchting) um 10 Uhr
Die Aufstände in der arabischen Welt wurden zwar in Europa einhellig
begrüßt, nicht willkommen sind den Regierungen jedoch Flüchtlinge und
MigrantInnen von dort oder aus anderen Regionen, die ihr Grundrecht auf Reisefreiheit wahrnehmen. Sie werden weiterhin mit allen Mitteln
bekämpft, vor allem durch Schiffe und Hubschrauber der
EU-Grenzschutzagentur FRONTEX. Aber auch für Menschen, die es bis in die Festung Europa geschafft haben, ist das Leben von systematischer Entrechtung und Diskriminierung bestimmt. Im
„Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz“ ist festgeschrieben, dass Flüchtlinge in
Deutschland unter erbärmlichen Bedingungen in Flüchtlingslagern leben
sollen. Sie werden von Sachleistungen der Behörden abhängig gemacht, ein
ausreichender Zugang zu Gesundheitsversorgung wird ihnen verwehrt.
Flüchtlinge erhalten einen Sozialleistungssatz, der noch mal ein Drittel
geringer ist als der sowieso schon menschenunwürdige Normalbetrag und
der obendrein seit 1993 (!) nicht erhöht wurde. Die Abhängigkeit der
Flüchtlinge von den mickrigen Sozialleistungen wird darüber hinaus durch
Arbeitsverbote und nachrangigen Arbeitsmarktzugang gesetzlich
zementiert. Das heißt konkret: ein Job kann nur dann angetreten werden,
wenn niemand mit EU-Pass oder anderen bevorrechtigten Papieren dafür zur
Verfügung steht. Zudem wird der Zugang zu Deutschkursen, Bildung und
Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten systematisch erschwert. Gleichzeitig wird
Flüchtlingen das Menschenrecht auf Bewegungsfreiheit durch die so
genannte „Residenzpflicht“ aberkannt. Diese und weitere rassistische
Sondergesetze bilden gemeinsam einen Gesetzeskomplex von Unterdrückung und sozialem Ausschluss. Ziel dieser staatlich verordneten Ausgrenzung ist es, Flüchtlinge leichter abschieben zu können und Menschen davon abzuschrecken, überhaupt erst nach Deutschland zu kommen.
In Bremen gibt es neben der „zentralen Aufnahmestelle“ in Habenhausen
drei Sammellager, in denen die Menschen auf sehr beengtem Raum leben: in
Huchting ein Containerlager mit 150 Plätzen gegenüber einem Recyclinghof
im Kleingartengebiet (Wardamm), das Lager Hastedt mit 170 Plätzen
(Ludwig-Quidde-Straße), sowie in Vegesack in der Johann-Lange-Straße.
Vor wenigen Wochen hat die Bremer Regierung beschlossen, dass
Flüchtlinge mindestens ein Jahr lang im Lager wohnen müssen. Was
scheinbar als Verbesserung daher kommt (bisher waren es sogar drei Jahre
und in Bremerhaven sind es zwei), bedeutet dennoch für 500 Menschen in
Bremen ein Leben in Stillstand und Isolation. Obendrein finden viele
auch nach Ablauf der Frist einfach keine Wohnung. Das liegt nicht
zuletzt daran, dass sich z.B. die bremeneigene GEWOBA, ebenso wie die
meisten anderen Wohnungsbaugesellschaften, weigert, an Menschen zu
vermieten, die nur Papiere für drei oder sechs Monate haben.
Ob in Gifhorn, Meiningen oder Augsburg – an vielen Orten in ganz
Deutschland wehren sich Flüchtlinge mit Streiks und Protesten gegen
unerträgliche Lebensbedingungen (http://thecaravan.org). In Bremen
fordern nun Menschen, die aus Afghanistan, Irak, Iran und anderen
Ländern nach Bremen geflohen sind, am 14. Mai gemeinsam mit anderen
Aktiven und UnterstützerInnen:
Wohnungen statt Zwangsunterbringung für alle Flüchtlinge in Bremen!
Keine Arbeitsverbote! Keine Abschiebungen!
Rassistische Sondergesetze müssen abgeschafft werden. JETZT!
Diskriminierende Maßnahmen gegen Flüchtlinge sind nicht reformierbar - Menschenwürde und Bewegungsfreiheit sind nicht verhandelbar! Papiere für alle!
Es rufen auf:
Á Gauche – linke Jugendgruppe, antirassistische Gruppe polypol, Arabische Initiative, Flüchtlingsinitiative Bremen, Flüchtlingsrat Bremen, Initiative “Du hast Rechte”, Jugendplenum “Stay!”, Karawane für die Rechte der Flüchtlinge und MigrantInnen, Medinetz Bremen, Nolager Bremen, Sozialistische Partei Iran, Verein für die Unterstützung afghanischer Flüchtlinge.
First of May 2011: Marching for Equality and Social Justice
Arab and Jewish Workers in Solidarity with our brothers in Cairo, Tunis and Damascus
Arab and Jewish workers who are organized in the independent union WAC- Maan and many of our allies in social and progressive organizations will march on April 30 in Tel Aviv to mark the First of May and demonstrate solidarity with fellow workers in Cairo, Tunis and Damascus. The slogan “Democracy, Equality and Social Justice” today unites all workers of the world. Our eyes are lifted toward the rebirth of the Arab world, toward the millions who are crying in the city squares: “Away with the dictatorship and for social justice!”
Gathering in Tel Aviv, farm workers and construction workers from throughout the country, as well as college teachers, truck drivers and waitresses—all organized in our trade union, WAC-MAAN- will join their voices to the call, shouting: “Away with the dictatorship of capital! Yes to equality! Yes to social justice!” From the heart of Tel Aviv, we applaud the turn to democracy now taking place in Egypt and Tunisia, and we declare our full support for the Syrian people in its fight for freedom.
The government of Israel frets anxiously over the fall of the dictatorships, which it has supported, covertly and overtly, for more than forty years. The Arab democratic revolution confronts Israel with the challenge of ending the Occupation, dismantling the settlements and joining the historical journey toward justice.
The Israel of today is a state without pity, a state of tycoons, a state of enormous social gaps, where a million workers (a third of the labor force) earn the minimum wage, where even the social workers have had to strike because they don’t earn enough to make ends meet, while the bankers and managers rake in millions.
In commemorating the First of May this year, we shall demonstrate for a fair wage to every worker, against all forms of discrimination, for equality to Arab workers, against unemployment, against the revolving door policy that enslaves migrant workers, against the damage that is now being done in education, health services and social welfare. We call on every worker to join us, because only by organizing will we be able to change our lives!
Tel Aviv, Saturday April 30, 10:30, from Sderot Rothschild (corner of Sheinkin) to Gan Me’ir.
