A-Infos (en) France, UCL AL #346 - Anti-fascism, Germany: Bourgeoisie and far right hand in hand (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

In Germany, a press article has just revealed the links between the 
right, the extreme right and the big bourgeoisie, in a project of 
"remigration" of German citizens. A few months before regional and 
European elections, will these revelations be enough to reverse the 
political dynamic? ---- On January 10, the German investigative media 
Correctiv revealed the presence of members close to the leadership of 
the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Germany's main far-right party, 
alongside other neo-Nazi extremists at a meeting held in November in 
Potsdam, near Berlin[1].

The Austrian Martin Sellner, a figure of the radical identity movement, 
presented his expulsion project which could concern up to nearly 2 
million people in North Africa, including foreigners and asylum seekers 
but also German citizens. The brown international is in full swing: 
Sellner, a neo-Nazi in his youth, is today close to the former 
Identitarian Generation and the New Right, and is inspired by concepts 
defended by Zemmour.

Sad memories
These revelations were particularly shocking, recalling in particular 
the Nazi plan to expel 4 million Jews in Madagascar in 1940. They 
triggered a wave of indignation in the country: more than 1.4 million 
people have demonstrated since on January 19 throughout Germany[2].

In some cities, such as Munich, the demonstrations could not even start 
because they were so massive. In addition to the demonstrations, many 
political leaders from the right, social democrats and left, religious 
representatives, and even coaches of the German football championship 
have called for mobilization against the AfD. A plan to ban the party is 
even being studied, based on the unconstitutionality of the party's 
positions.

One of the most striking elements is the presence, in addition to 
identitarians and self-confessed radicals, of members of the main 
right-wing party (the CDU) and big bourgeois people. In Germany as 
elsewhere, racism and fascism are the tools of the bourgeoisie and the 
far right its best ally.

Despite this popular anti-fascist momentum, the polls remain very good 
for the far-right party which is in second place in voting intentions in 
regional partial elections behind the conservative party, and even in 
first place in the former GDR, the poorest areas of the country where it 
has established itself best.

Further proof that moral and reactionary anti-fascism is not enough to 
reverse a trend. On the contrary, we must attack the roots of the 
progression of the far right, in particular poverty, the crisis of 
capitalism and the racist and anti-migrant discourses which have been 
developing for years. This is the only way that a massive, anti-fascist 
social movement can be built in the long term, in Germany as in France.

Hugo (UCL Montreuil)

To validate

[1]"In Germany, the far right is secretly planning the "remigration" of 
millions of citizens", Mediapart, January 15, 2024.

[2]"In Germany, more than 1.4 million people have demonstrated against 
the far-right AfD party since Friday, according to organizers", Le Monde 
with AFP, January 21, 2024

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