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· Η κρίση του ιστορικού, μετα-ψυχροπολεμικού, κόμματος της Γερμανικής Αριστεράς

By Δέφτερη Ανάγνωση



·         Η κρίση του ιστορικού, μετα-ψυχροπολεμικού, κόμματος της Γερμανικής Αριστεράς

Όπως παρατηρεί ο Leandros Fischer στην πιο κατω ανάλυση του, η αποδοχή της ηγεμονικής θέσης για ξεπλυμα των εγκλημάτων του Ισραήλ με βάση τα εγκλήματα των ναζί στο β παγκόσμιο πόλεμο, οδηγεί ουσιαστικά στην συντήρηση ενός καθεστώτος αυταρχισμού...

Τζαι ενώ το ιστορικό κόμμα της αριστεράς, το Die Linke, βολοδέρνει στην προσπάθεια συντήρησης της θέσης του στο υπάρχον πολιτικό σύστημα, η γερμανική κοινή γνώμη φαίνεται να κινείται πιο αποφασιστικά απέναντι στην υποκρισία «προστασίας του Ισραήλ» με βάση το παρελθόν... Ενώ τον περασμένο Νιοβρη υπήρχε στήριξη της ισραηλίτικης επίθεσης στην Γάζα από το 63% της Γερμανικής κοινωνίας, σήμερα η εικόνα έχει αντιστραφεί ριζικά – 61% είναι εναντίον της ισραηλίτικης επίθεσης τζαι [αναπόφευκτα] των συνακολούθων εγκλημάτων, που όσο τζαι να τα λογοκρίνει η επίσημη προπαγάνδα, εν διάχυτα στις εναλλακτικές πηγές πληροφόρησης..

Leandros Fischer

Germany remains an outlier. The repressive institutional response to any display of solidarity or calls for peace has been shocking. The initial positioning of left-wing party Die Linke — including its leadership’s refusal to call for a cease-fire and to take a clear stand against Israel’s crimes — is often explained away as a response to the “specific German context.” Die Linke was built around the commitment to peace — but the shock over the Hamas war crimes on October 7 left it near-silent. Still, if the German historical relationship to Israel and its influence on reactions to the current war is well-documented, perhaps more attention should be paid to what most Germans actually think.

A recent poll showed a considerable shift in German public attitudes to the ongoing Israeli war in Gaza. If in November this “operation” had 63 percent polling support, now 61 percent are against. This trend should also be related to the massive number of German weapons daily used by the Israeli army to commit its massacres in Gaza.

We might imagine that the reality of the war and shifting public opinion would convince this left-wing party to change its stance, and back the urgent protests to oppose the war and Germany’s role in it. Has Die Linke done that? No. Its European election manifesto did not once mention Gaza, or any cease-fire call, let alone the suspension of the EU’s association agreement with Israel or a specific ban on exports of weapons. The fact that another left-wing party like MERA25 used the term “genocide” and called in its manifesto to “stop German complicity” shows that the political space for platforming Palestine solidarity does exist.

Die Linke’s choice to formally ignore this crucial issue raises many essential strategic and political questions at a time when it is constantly polling no better than 4 percent and lacks strong connections with larger organized groups or social movements in Germany. The contradiction is even more striking given that Die Linke has often spoken of a “movement” strategy that would allow the party to be seen as organically connected with a range of social issues. Its catastrophic result in the EU elections, on under 3 percent support, shows that in Germany, like elsewhere, left-wing voters will not be rallied by a deafening silence.

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