Re: [Marxism] A public stoning in Germany

[Einde O'Callaghan <eindeoc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lüko Willms wrote:
> On   Lüko Willms read what  wrote:
> 
>>>    The Party "Die Linke" rather wants to enter capitalist governments. 
>>>
>> You know that this is an oversimplification, L? even if you don't 
>> believe in working in Die Linke. There is a strong wing opposed to 
>> participation in government, althought admittedly there is a strong 
>> "realo" wing, particularly in the section that came out of the PDS in 
>> the East, where the party is the official opposition in most states. 
> 
>    It might even become the dominant government party in Thüringen. 
> 
>    And the wing of the PDL which came out of the social democracy and the 
> trade union burocracy or other wings of stalinism. 
> 
>    Look at what the PDL is actually doing as government party e.g. in Berlin, 
> where their participation in the city/Land government coalition was and is 
> crucial to pushing the cut-back and wage cutting policies of Berlin. 
> 
>   Look at Hessen, where the PDL parliamentary group was ready to give 
> guarantees to a bourgeois government formed by SPD and Greens, and voted 
> unisono a common resolution of the parliament authorising a 500 milllion 
> guarantee to General Motors. 
> 
>    And yes, I note that there are a number of confused leftists in the PDL, 
> but 
> you should try and find out who and what is determining the actual political 
> actions of the party. 
> 
Dear Lüko,

As a member of Diue Linke I'm weel aware of teh constellation of forces 
involved. However I also see opportunities for challenging Social 
Democracy and buildingn up a consistent anti-capitalist tendency within 
the party. I also interpret the actions of the party in Hessen 
differently from you. Among other things the party did not give the 
proposed SPD/Green government a blank cheque. In  the end it was the SPD 
that flunked it in Hessen and handed the government back to the CDU/FDP 
coalition.

I'm of the opinion that the place for revolutionaries in Germany at the 
present is in Die Linke, but I don't think this is probably the best 
forum to debate the issues.

All the ebst, Einde

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