DEM VOLKE DIENEN

On September the 16th, the police conducted raids against cops in Mülheim, Northrine-Westfalia (NRW). The reason for the raids was the participation of 29 officers in five extreme right-wing chats on WhatsApp were they found videos where black guys got shot.

De jueves a sábado hubo nuevamente una lucha militante contra el estado alemán en Leipzig. Esta vez, la rebelión fue provocada por la represión policial contra las okupaciones. El movimiento revolucionario de Leipzig respondió a esta imposición violenta de los derechos de propiedad de la burguesía contra las necesidades de las masas con violencia. El MDR informó lo siguiente:

After a long time, thousands of people took to the streets again in France last Saturday, 12^th of September. The state of emergency and police repression, including bans on assembly, did not stop people from taking their anger and demands to the streets and drawing attention to the fact that the state of emergency and economic crisis is hitting people on low incomes in particular and that access to state aid has become even more difficult. The defense of democratic rights was also an item on the demonstrators' agenda.

In memory of Erol Volkan Ildem (Nûbar) and Fadime Çakıl (Rosa), the TIKKO fighters who had fallen on September 9 in the People's War in Turkey, proletarian revolutionaries hung banners in central locations in Zurich, Switzerland.

We hereby report on some recent developments in the political situation and class struggle in the various Nordic Countries.

Massive riots have developed past week in Colombia after 43-year-old unarmed lawyer Javier Ordoñez was brutally arrested (using a taser on him) and afterwards tortured to death by the police, having received nine scull fractures. Since his murder, the country is in turmoil. At least 53 Police stations have been attacked so far, some of them completely burned. Meanwhile, at least 66 further people were shot at by the police, with 13 of them being killed by them.

After the raids by the police in Hamburg and other parts of Germany against 24 persons who are said to be members of the group “Roter Aufbau” (in English “Red Construction”) it is necessary to explain more about the current political situation and the orientation in it. Before we go on with the political situation some information about what happened: On 31^st of August the police raided 28 objects Hamburg and adjacent federal states, armed with machine guns and confiscated mainly electronic devices like laptops and mobile phones. The accusation against the alleged members of “Roter Aufbau” is following the §129 (founding of a criminal organisation), which in its sub-paragraphs also contain the founding of a terrorist organisation (§129a) and the support of a foreign terrorist group (§129b). Which one of those is used exactly is not known for sure until now. Either way the allegations are very tough. Now regarding the overall political situation: First of all it is necessary to keep in mind that the main contradiction in Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) is the one between proletariat and bourgeoisie. This contradiction has a sharp expression in the struggle between the revolutionary movement and the political police, which is the domestic secret service (Verfassungsschutz). The political police is part of the backbone of the bourgeois state additionally to the various armed formations of the state.

After the Greek parliament reveals their plans for building a fence around camp Moria a fire breaks out on 8th and 9th of September. Greek parliament views the refugees as the guilty ones, NGOs disagree and denounce the healthcare, living and security situation in camp. Especially during the Covid19 pandemic the situation for the refugees is a catastrophe.