Re: [Marxism] FW: Report on Gaza demo on Berlin

["Lüko Willms" <lueko.willms@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:45:10 -0500, Louis Proyect  wrote:

> > The second panel of the day included a speaker from the Communist
> > Party of Lebanon whose talk was a basic (anti-Zionist) history of
> > the formation of Israel. He was met with questions focused
> > entirely on insisting that the problem is "capitalism" in Israel
> > and "not the Israeli people". These paranoid attitudes blocked
> > discussion from moving any further... 
> 
> Comrades might remember "angelus novus" who was on Marxmail until 
> something pissed him off and he unsubbed (can't remember what). He is 
> fairly typical of what Ian was describing above. He never pushed this 
> line on Marxmail as heavily as he did on Doug's list but here is a taste 
> of this pro-Israel propaganda wrapped in Marxist jargon:

  There are people calling themselves "Neocommunists" demanding an all-out 
war "against Hamas" till the end. They are not different from the bloddthirsty 
fascists demanding an all-out war "against the Jews" till the bitter end. This 
are mostly converts from some ultraleft stalinist-leaning currents from the 
1970ies student movement. 

  Then there is the role of the PDL (Partei "Die Linke", or "Left Party" as it 
mostly gets translated to English), where leading people () think that 
supporting Israel is a "must" for German politics. I read this morning that the 
chairperson of the Berlin PDL is scheduled as speaker in a pro-war rally in 
Berlin. I have always said that the PDS/WASG is just another obstacle for 
building a revolutionary party of the working class in Germany. 

   Regarding the anti-war demo in Berlin which Ivan Drury reported about, 
there was a similar demonstration here in Frankfurt a week ago, on the 
saturday, with reportedly 10'000 participants, mainly Arab and some Turks 
judging from the presence of several Turkey flags. German participants were 
practically absent from the demonstration. I came only when the concluding 
rally was in its latest stages. The act ended with a prayer. The place in front 
of the "Römer" was more filled than any German-initiated pacifist demo and 
even the May 1st rally there. 



Comradely, 
Lüko Willms
Frankfurt, Germany
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visit http://www.mlwerke.de Marx, Engels, Luxemburg, Lenin, Trotzki in 
German

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