Protection of the Constitution report 1996


IV. International links

1. - " party of the democratic socialism " - (PDS)

Their self-image as internationalistische according to party maintains them - " party of the democratic socialism " - (PDS) a multitude of contacts to foreign Communist and linkssozialistischen parties and movements. The Magdeburger convention (27.und 28.Januar) strengthened, the party will intensify this cooperation and use their links to left parties of means - and Eastern Europe, around a more narrow cooperation of the left on gesamteuropäischer level to fördern67 .[<A>] In the Pds - convention agents of 29 -vorwiegend had participated as guests Communist - parties and organizations.

Also 1996 the PDS secured their friendly relations to foreign Communist parties. The -traditionellen - links to the remained staatssozialistischen parties wants to intensify the PDS. So the study group (INC) explained - " means - and Eastern Europe " - -in it INC work under the direction the PDS-Ehrenvorsitzenden Hans MODROW former staff members of the foreign policy service of the GDR as well as expert of earlier scientific arrangements for international politics and economy with -, a larger potential on experts should be opened, to proceed to with China, Vietnam and north Korea those states, which at the socialist development in the own country festhielten68. [<A>]

Since middle 1995 the PDS listened to that - " forum of the new Europeans leaves " -, an union of 14 - " linkssozialistischen, reformkommunistischen and linksgrünen " - Parteien69. [<A>] On two encounters in the June in Madrid and in the October in Helsinki their agents discussed before everything over positions on the contracts of Maastricht.

The theme Maastricht - contracts stood also in the center of a mass rally - " For work and social progress " - at the 11.Mai in Paris with approx. 4.000 participants. In it involves were among others the Communist parties of France, Greece, Italy and Portugal. The PDS, she/it had traveled with about 400 members after Paris, put with the party leader Lothar BISKY one of the speakers. BISKY underlined the necessity, which to break - " neoliberale hegemony " - in the European union and to create starting points for resistance and drive. In a time, in the big enterprises and capital more and more internationally agitated, unusually high meaning come the international cooperation of the most different left and democratic powers zu70. [<A>]

With it - " French Communists party " - (FKP) arranged the PDS at an encounter at the 15./16.Juni in Draveil/Frankreich, also the operation - and union work to koordinieren71. [<A>]

Fixed element - " internationalistischer solidarity work " - the PDS are also aids in favor of the Communist Cuba. - " Pds - office holder " - before everything in Pds - dominated communities were called, to engineer supporting measures for such communities in Cuba, which have gotten into sequence it - " inhuman USS - blockade - politics " - in trouble. In the PDS there be one - " robust movement of the solidarity with Cuba " -, indeed also tendencies, itself carefully to distanzieren72. [<A>]

The study group - " Cuba si " - the PDS (after own statements nationwide 25 regional Gruppen73) collects for many years in the border of solidarity campaigns money - and donations of food and clothes for Cuba. [<A>]

In favor of solidarity work the PKK

Relevant remained also the solidarity work for it - " kurdischen struggle for independence " -. Requests seized the PDS it - " Arbeiterpartei Kurdistans " - (PKK) and supported them/it/her politically. The member of the representative group PDS in the German Bundestag Ulla JELPKE explained on a press conference in Bonn at the 26.November, which led cure It a legitimate struggle for independence. This can not with the help of the German criminal law forbade werden74 .[<A>] In the April the representative had maintained in a greeting at the members the - " Kurdischen of exile Parliament " - in the Hague to its one-year existence:

- " The last weeks and months were in the Federal Republic stamped from an unprecedented rush and Kriminalisierungswelle against here living Kurdinnen and cure It. ... With their threat... Kurdinnen and to push off cure It increases because of ' breach of the peace Landfriedensbruchs' in the Turkey, instrumentalisiert the federal government the torture in the Turkey for their own domestic deterrence strategy. " -
(Pds - news service No. 16 from the 19.April 1996)

Like in the past years appeared Pds - functionaries or -gliederungen as Anmelder of demonstrations in favor of the PKK.

2. - " German Communist party " - (DKP)

Emphasis it - " stir " - international activity it - " Germans Communists party " - (DKP) were the relations to Communist and socialist parties of Europe, particularly the European union, with the goal, common positions and drives against that - " Europe of the companies " - to entwickeln75 .[<A>]

A special place value in the border of the international solidarity had again the support the Communist Cuba. To it the setup and the sending of so-called work brigade for the time of the 26.Oktober 1996 to end belonged 1996 also April 1997 to the building a Rehabilitationszentrums in Cuba. 1995 had helped such brigades the DKP already with the establishment of a health center in the province Matanzas.

Cuba - Solidaritätsarbeit pursued Dkp - members also in it by own comrade mastered - " friendship company FRG - Cuba e. V. " - (FG) as well as in that - " NETWORK CUBA - information office e.V. " -. The FG marked itself on their league delegate collection as - " reliable friends of the Cuban people and his revolutionary government " -.

3. Trotzkistische groups

Defiance chests organized furthermore their - " internationalistische work " - in own international roof associations, from them worldwide about 20 exist. All have emerged through Abspaltungen by it on Geheiss Leo Trotzkis 1938 founded - " IV. internationals " -. None of these roof associations has his seat in Germany, however allocate themselves the most trotzkistischen circles and unions one from them:

4. - " Marxist - Leninistische party of Germany " - (MLPD)

Them - " Marxist - Leninistische party of Germany " - (MLPD) held further their leading position in a maoistisch reported international union. Them him/it belonging to round 20 Kleinparteien and splinter groups organized in the fall their - " 5.Internationale conference " -. You/They strengthened there their solidarity also for it - " armed fight " - among others in the kurdischen settlement areas, in Palestine and Nordirland76 .[<A>] A further emphasis their - " internationalism work " - saw the MLPD in the solidarity for the exile leadership the also terrorist working - " Communist party of the Philippines " - (CPP). She/it protested against the intended expulsion of their leader José Maria SISON from the Netherlands; to it founded them/it/her in the September an union - " German - Philippines friends " -.

5. - " Antiimperialistischer Widerstand"/Autonome

Like in the dating back years maintained militante and terrorist left-wing extremists abundant contacts to arrested members and followers of foreign groups as well as to foreign extremist organizations. In it the links played to it - " Arbeiterpartei Kurdistans " - (PKK) a special role (vgl.Kap. II, No. 2.1.2 and 2.3.6).

Furthermore strengthened left-wing extremist again publicly their solidarity with the Mexican guerilla group - " Zapatistische army to the national deliverance " - (EZLN). You/They took in larger number at one - " intercontinentals encounters for the mankind and against Neoliberalismus " - (27.Juli to 3.August) in Chiapas/Mexiko part (vgl. Cape. II, No. 2.1.2).


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