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Once a murderer, always a murderer! Street art criticizes the Bundeswehr on its 71st birthday
from: Workshop for Antifascist Actions (w2a) on: November 8th, 2026 - 3:01 p.m. Email address: SPAMPROTECTIONw2a@riseup.netPLEASEREMOVE Topics: Antifa Antiracism Militarism Repression Shocking Streets
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Bundeswehr birthday: Not a day to celebrate!
"For us, the founding day of the Bundeswehr is absolutely not a reason to celebrate, but rather a reason to vomit!" says Kai N. Krieger, spokesman for the Workshop for Antifascist Actions (w2a). Because in its 71 years, the Bundeswehr has produced one scandal after another: right-wing extremist Bundeswehr soldiers who hoard weapons and prepare body bags for leftists, churning out sexist bullies or abused recruits; The Bundeswehr topped all of this in its “operations for democracy” in other countries. In Afghanistan she had civilians bombed as alleged terrorists and those responsible were also promoted.
Afghanistan?
An estimated 200,000 Afghans died in the war from 2001 to 2022. Around 93,000 German soldiers were involved in murder and killing in Afghanistan. Of these, 35 died in fighting. Another 25 died in accidents or killed themselves. "How many Afghans the Bundeswehr shot down and blew up remains a state secret to this day, despite several parliamentary questions!" says Kai N. Krieger indignantly.
Remembering Kunduz 2009
With a disrupter across the poster, the activists are remembering the civilians killed during the Bundeswehr's Afghanistan mission. The disturber says:
"Nobody knows how many people the Bundeswehr killed in Afghanistan. In the air raid on the Kunduz River alone on September 4, 2009, there were at least 91."
September 4th, 2009
But what exactly happened in Kunduz back then? On September 4, 2009, German Colonel Klein lied to the US Air Force so that it would bomb two tank trucks. The Taliban had stolen the tankers the day before, but they got stuck in the mud and mud while passing a ford in the Kunduz River. Since the Taliban were unable to recover the trucks, they distributed the loaded gasoline to the local population. Thousands of people therefore gathered near the trucks.
Promoted to general for lying and murder
Colonel Klein lied to the US Air Force that he had a squad from the so-called “Special Forces Command” (KSK) on site. This KSK squad would report that the people gathered there were all nasty, common terrorists. This shows the racist narratives that prevented the cooperation between the Bundeswehr and the local population. After Colonel Klein repeated his lie several times, U.S. fighter planes dropped two bombs into the river. They killed around 200 people. Colonel Klein was subsequently promoted to general.
Nothing to honor veterans for
The Bundeswehr soldiers deployed in Afghanistan knew what they were doing. Even before the foreign deployment began, many voices at home and abroad warned of the possible consequences, including the Bundeswehr Association. Only dirt, dust and blood for a dictatorship - either the corrupt Western-oriented government, whose election fraud covered German politics, or the government by the Taliban. When the operation got completely out of control from 2006 onwards and the Taliban were able to carry out more and more offensives again, the soldiers were the first to feel the terrible consequences. “The German soldiers decided that it was worth the high salaries and the house in the countryside!” emphasizes Kai N. Krieger. “There is nothing to honor veterans for.”
No protection for assistants
Today, the federal government no longer wants to know anything about the Afghans who believed the red-green promises of peace, freedom and women's rights and supported the German soldiers. People in racist Germany are no longer interested in foreigners. Interior Minister Doofbrindt therefore even withdrew visas that had already been issued for Afghan relief workers and left them to their fate under Taliban rule.
Negotiate with terrorists?
Interior Minister Doofbrindt was the first European politician to invite the Taliban to his capital. He negotiated with them about deportations of Afghans living in Germany. In doing so, Doofbrindt enabled the Taliban terrorists to make their diplomatic comeback. The CDU shouts at every opportunity: “You don’t negotiate with terrorists!”
15 years without compulsory military service
71 years ago on November 12, 1955, the first conscripts after the Nazi regime were ceremoniously sworn in. At that time there had been no compulsory military service for 10 years. Even today, after 15 years, compulsory military service is just around the corner again. "Being a soldier always means being ready to murder and die!" says Kai N. Krieger. "That's why we are committed against conscription and rearmament!" The next nationwide demonstrations against the introduction of compulsory military service are on November 20th.
Skillshare “Bust Bundeswehr advertising!”
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What is the Workshop for Antifascist Actions (w2a)?
In order to counter the right-wing beat of society, we founded the workshop for anti-fascist actions. Antifascism is handwork - for us with scissors, glue and paper. We carry out creative actions to bring anti-fascist positions to the public.
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