DEM VOLKE DIENEN

France had planned a lot, especially new laws directed against the citizens and especially against those who do not want to submit to the state of emergency and the increasing repression. For example, there was a talk of making it illegal for outsiders to be in university buildings. This would have made fighting in the universities almost impossible. However, this law has now been overturned by the Constitutional Council.

The economic crisis in Turkey is increasingly affecting the jobs of the masses, leading to organised work stops - currently especially in the heavy/metal industry. This December, Turkey's gross debt alone is 1.87 trillion Lira (approx. 200 billion Euros), almost 50% higher than a year ago. For instance, workers at the Baldur factory in Çayırova organised a strike as a result of the dismissal announcements, which the police stormed at around 5am and arrested four workers and a union manager.

According to several Indian media some militant actions with a huge amount of involved masses took place the last days in the ongoing People´s War in India, led by the CPI(Maoist).

After a discussion with more than 30 people from publishing houses and the Central Council of Jews in Germany, among others, the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs commissioned the Center for School Quality and Teacher Education to investigate how Jews are portrayed in textbooks and "whether portrayals of Jewish life and the mass murder of European Jews during the Nazi era are problematic".

We document a picture send to us, of a grafitti from Berlin-Schöneweide, which appeared on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Friedrick Engels:

After the powerful protests and struggles against the police in France in the last weeks another case became public that shows an lawful practice concerning arrests. So, a woman was arrested on the 12th of December during a demonstration against the law of „global security“.

Last week, the death of comrade Muharrem (Ferdi Tosun), an advanced TIKKO guerrilla who was killed in the same operation as comradeDeniz was announced. The actions of the TKP/ML and the TIKKO are nevertheless growing again, confirming the words that the losses caused by the attacks on the bases in Dersim strengthen the determination and unity in the party and thus are the starting point of a new upswing of the people's war. Thus, on December 15, in Maltepe-Cevizli, the "Ensar Foundation," an institution for mainly "religious education" recognized by the Turkish government as " charitable" and known as a place of child abuse, where 45 children were raped in 2016 alone, was burned down by TKP/ML militants. The action was dedicated to Rosa and Asmin, comrades who also died in Dersim; the statement said:

In Bremen, posters were put up and a painting was made as part of the campaign for the 200th anniversary of the birth of Friedrich Engels. We document photos of the actions that were sent to us.