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- From: steveb@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de (Steve B.)
- Subject: Germany: Mobilize against racism
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.194434.16299@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
- Followup-To: alt.activism.d
- Summary: PETITION BY POST ... IT's UP TO YOU! (germany)
- Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
- Keywords: PETITION BY POST ... IT's UP TO YOU (germany)
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- Organization: ZRZ/TU-Berlin
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:44:34 GMT
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- To all those who call themselves democrats!
-
- For over a year helplessness, bewilderment and disruption have
- been paralyzing our society. We have always believed that
- racism and violence against foreigners, Jews, disabled people,
- homosexuals... could never be repeated in Germany. Despite
- this they have been repeated. Therefore we must make it
- clearer than before that we do not condone the attacks forces
- hostile to democracy on the freedom of the people.
-
- For weeks now hundreds of thousands of people have
- demonstrated in the streets for human rights and against the
- current politics. However:
- the German government is still ignoring the will of the silent
- majority that is gradually waking;
- the German government is taking refuge in party political
- skirmishes;
- the German government is solely preoccupied with its power
- interests.
-
- Or to state it more clearly:
- The duty of our society to provide help and solidarity for all
- foreigners, Jews, disabled people, homosexuals... is one
- thing. But it is the work of the government to carry through
- effective measures against the right wing terror and to
- protect all potential victims.
- We are the sovereign, we must make it totally clear to the
- government what we demand of them.
-
- On the 30th of January 1993 falls the sixtieth anniversary of
- Hitler's seizure of power. 60 years ago the established
- politicians foundered on their false belief that the Nazis
- were after all harmless and through their inclusion in the
- democratic system could be exposed as laughable and incapable.
- The seizure of power followed and was not to be reversed.
-
- We will not accept such experiments again. The Federal
- Republic is not the Weimar Republic. The overwhelming majority
- wants an end to the right wing terror and a peaceful
- coextistence with and equal rights for all foreigners, Jews,
- disabled people, homosexuals...
-
- The politicians and the government will doubtlessly give
- hypocritical speeches and those of the right wing will march
- forth and pillage. But we shall not be passive observers but
- will inundate the government with thousands of postcards. We
- will not rid ourselves of the responsability that we have
- inherited from our parents and grandparents. Germany will
- still not experience normality for a long time.
-
-
- IT'S UP TO YOU! MAKE A PETITION BY POST!
- SEND A POSTCARD WITH YOUR DEMANDS TO THE
- GERMAN GOVERNMENT ON THE 28TH OF JAN. 1993!
-
-
-
-
- (Print and ) Copy this page and the letter above; send or distribute the
- copies to all your friends as fast as possible.
- Glue the following card on a postcard
-
-
- ________________________________________
- | |
- | 30th of January 1993 |
- | |
- | |
- | Don't give speeches, |
- | do something! |
- | |
- | |
- | I demand: |
- | |
- | 1. Immediate abolition of all |
- | right wing and racist sym- |
- | bols, conventions, organi- |
- | sations and parties as well |
- | as the spread of correspon- |
- | ding modes of thought. |
- | |
- | 2. Comprehensive protection |
- | for all foreigners, Jews, dis- |
- | bled people, homosexuals... |
- | and their institutions as an |
- | enrichment of our pluralis- |
- | tic society. |
- | |
- | 3. |
- | |
- | |
- | |
- | |
- | |
- | |
- |________________________________________|
-
-
- and send it to the following adress:
- (So, that it arrives on the 30th of January)
-
- AN DEN
- BUNDESKANZLER DER BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND
- HERRN
- DR. HELMUT KOHL
- ADENAUERALLEE 139-141
- DW-5300 BONN
-
- GERMANY
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-
- This idea was started by the "98ers", an unorganized group of
- German students of various subjects. This group is fed up with
- the unpolitical and consume orientated mentality of the
- eighties. We need critical thinking, initiative and action
- that were essential points in the 68 movement.
- NOW IT'S UP TO ALL OF US!
- --
- Stefan Berreth
- steveb@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de
- elseaeab@{ w208zrz , w272zrz , w351zrz }.zrz.tu-berlin.de
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