[lbo-talk] Antifa Critique of German "Left Party"

Adam Souzis adamsz at gmail.com
Thu Sep 22 17:41:12 PDT 2005


On 9/21/05, Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> In light of the somewhat unwarranted enthusiasm on
> this list for the showing of the ex-PDS in the recent
> federal elections in Germany, I have taken the
> initiative of translating a critical article on the
> new formation from the general interest
> Antifa/Autonomist magazine "Phase 2"
> www.phase-zwei.org (for Foucault fans who can read
> German, the latest issue is a theme issue on
> "Bio-politics," alas, not yet online).
>

thanks for translating that, it was quite interesting. From a distance the PDS' move toward reactionary, racist nationalism seems part and parcel with other ex-Communists parties across former eastern bloc and Soviet states. But, pragmatically, is this so bad for German politics? The article makes a good case that it's bad for Marxists, but if they're as insignficant in Germany as they are in the States then wouldn't this certainly be outweighed by fact that the New Left has essentially replaced the far right parties as the political home for the disaffected? Before the New Left got going, pundits said the far right parties had a good chance of gaining some seats in the election -- now those parties are off the map.

-- adam



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