Enough is enough

On September 26th, the group “Flora for All” ran together with many left-wing groups at a supposedly anti-militarist demonstration to openly call for war against Israel. However, the large number of Pali scarves demonstratively displayed at that demonstration suggests that although many may be against NATO, they apparently have no problem with weapons and war as long as it is against Zionists or the West.

The groups calling for the demonstration on October 7th also support the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is said to have bloodily suppressed protests in January, killing 30,000 people. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the destruction of Israel has been a declared goal of the Iranian regime. That alone seems to be enough for the anti-Zionists to unconditionally support the regime. The fact that it promotes Islamist militias and organizations throughout the region - including Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah - and thus prevents any emancipatory development in societies does not seem to be a problem.

If the calling groups represent left-wing content at all, they do not seem to care about the consequences of their own demands. Under the current political balance of power, a “free Palestine” is hardly conceivable other than under Islamist rule. But even that seems to be acceptable as long as Jews no longer have their own state. However, this attitude is not entirely new: the consequences of the demand for “Bundeswehr out of Afghanistan” were already obvious. Many leftists seem to prefer the rule of the Taliban to having to endure contradictions within their own worldview.

For an emancipatory left, the following applies anyway: national liberation is not liberation. And besides: decolonization, as comprehensive as the term is sometimes understood today, cannot exist. The wheel of time only knows one direction, and what has once passed cannot be restored. It can only go forward – or reactionary back into a supposed past.

A lot more could be written about the calling groups and the whole misery of the anti-Zionist madness, but at this point it should suffice.

Some of the calling groups go in and out of “left-wing” rooms, especially in the B5 and the Café Knallhart, and can use these for themselves. This is not happening out of ignorance: the B5 has long been committed to anti-imperialism, and Café Knallhart knowingly chose this path. These spaces must be seen for what they are: places where war and genocide are propagated and where there is no fear of supporting Islamists or making common cause with them.

The demonstration on October 7th is a call for war against Israel and the genocide of its people. It is an expression of open support for Hamas and its allies, including Hezbollah and the Iranian regime.

If there were a truly anti-fascist movement in Hamburg, this reactionary march would not remain undisturbed.

Against all anti-Semitism!
Solidarity with Israel!

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