[Karlsruhe] Solidarity with the students of the Fichte-Gymnasium

As Karlsruhe antimilitarists, we were at the Fichte-Gymnasium in Karlsruhe on October 22nd to express our solidarity with the local students. At this school there is repeated repression against students who take part in the school strike alliance. After we found out about this through a few detours, we decided to show solidarity with the students.

During the last school strike in front of the Fichte-Gymnasium there was a call for people to go on strike together, the cops were called several times because of alleged disturbances of the peace. In addition, several students were repeatedly filmed by a teacher against their will. While in France people from all sides are showing solidarity with the demonstrating students who are taking to the streets against social injustices and advancing militarization, the exact opposite is happening here. No other teachers commented on the matter afterwards.

During the long break, we hung a banner in solidarity with the protests in France and highlighted the past behavior of the teachers in question. This was accompanied by a flyer campaign with which we provided information about the current situation in the school but also in Germany and worldwide.

Because in Europe and around the world there is increasing resistance to the destruction of our future. Young people are loud because they have no desire to die on the front for the capital interests of the German state or to simply watch while environmental destruction deprives us of any future prospects. Especially if this is accompanied by an increasing shift to the right and an authoritarian state restructuring. The school can't think of anything better than to criminalize its students.

The solidarity campaign was treated extremely aggressively by the teaching staff and school management. Comrades were followed from the school grounds and physically detained, while there was widespread solidarity from the students.

It must be clear to the school management of Karlsruhe schools: their suppression of resistance to compulsory military service will not go unanswered. We will continue to show solidarity with all students and antimilitarists in Karlsruhe and worldwide. You are not alone!

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