Actions in Honor of Comrade Basavaraj and Support for the People's War in India in Germany

On May 21, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), Comrade Basavaraj, along with nearly 30 other comrades, was murdered by the Indian reactionaries as part of the encirclement and annihilation campaign known as "Operation Kagaar" against the revolutionaries in India. In the first half of 2025 alone, several hundred communists, revolutionary fighters, and masses were killed.

In honor of the fallen General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and in memory of all the revolutionaries who have fallen in India, the organizations Partizan, Young Struggle, and the Red League called for actions in solidarity with the comrades in India.

Based on this call, joint events were held in seven German cities: Berlin, Bremen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Leipzig and Hamburg. A variety of organizations and individuals participated, with more than one hundred attendees at the events in sum.

Another event was organized by Young Struggle in Darmstadt. Independently, the Red Youth of Rostock published a solidarity video on social media, a graffiti was painted in Hamburg by "Fight as a Class" and the Red Youth of Cologne released a solidarity photo.

Various actions were carried out by activists of the Red League in different parts of the country. Reports reached us from Dortmund, where a mural featuring the portrait of Comrade Basavaraj and slogans was painted in the Nordstadt, and from Freiburg, where large wallpapers with the picture of the murdered General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) were hung in the neighborhoods of Unterwiehre, Stühlinger, and Vauban. We also received reports of Dazibaos in Leipzig.

We have also received photos from Essen-Altendorf, Leipzig, and Cologne documenting wall paintings with slogans. In Cologne and Leipzig, the poster or call of the joint campaign was also put up.

The revolutionary newspaper RoPo dedicated both the front page and the "Image of the Month" in the current issue No. 88 to the cause.

Finally, it should be noted that the action days were quite a good success. It is particularly commendable that very different organizations and groups participated in these action days.

We are convinced that with a bit more time for preparation and coordination, much more powerful actions could have been carried out. We hope that this will be possible in the future and that all sincere anti-imperialists in Germany will continue to develop and strengthen their joint efforts for the campaign to support the People's War in India.

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Below, we document reports published to date on DemVolkedienen.org in chronological order regarding this topic:

Indien: Der Generalsekretär der KPI (Maoisten), Genosse Basavaraj, soll getötet worden sein

Leipzig: Malung zu Ehren des Genossen Basavaraj

Aktion zu Ehren und Gedenken des Generalsekretärs der Kommunistischen Partei Indiens (Maoistisch), Genosse Basavaraj und der 27 maoistischen Kämpfer in Frankfurt

IKB: Die höchsten roten Grüße in Ruhm und Ehre an den Generalsekretär der Kommunistischen Partei Indiens (maoistisch) und die unsterblichen Helden!

Aktion in Gedenken an Genosse Basavaraj in Freiburg

Gedenkveranstaltung für Genosse Basavaraj in Köln

Düsseldorf: Gedenkveranstaltung zu Genosse Basavaraj

Aktionen für Genosse Basavaraj in Dortmund und Essen

Gedenkveranstaltung für Genosse Basavaraj in Bremen

Hamburg: Erfolgreiche Veranstaltung zur Verteidigung des Volkskrieges in Indien