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The atomic state & the people who have to live in it (nr. 7) (1979)
| Author | Campaign against model W-Germany |
| Date | 1979* |
| Classification | 2.01.2.30/05 (GERMANY - ANTI-NUCLEAR MOVEMENT - REPRESSION) |
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FOREWORD A CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE MODEL WEST GERMANY cannot be centred exclusively around the increasingly repressive conditions in this country. Demonstrators are beaten up by the police, teachers are disciplined, political prisoners are held in prison and censorship laws exist in other countries too. In view of the fact that in many countries all over the world, also in Europe, many people - individuals, groups and entire populations - are trying to find and develop an alternative to capitalism and imperialism, West Germany, with her economical strength, social-liberal government, and her generally high standard of living and progress, represents an attempt to find an alternative to the choice between a constant. crisis in capitalism on one hand, and dictatorship or a socialist development on the other. This new development in West Germany within the last 10 years is not one of an open dictatorship of a fascist or Latin-American type, but one of integration of the people through the integration of all relevant organizations in the state, by guaranteeing a high standard of living providing that no disruptions are caused by social unrest, and through an extensive control of newsmedia and other forms of publicity. If the political pre-requisite for this model, namely the end of class struggle and consensus among the people, is only symbolically or marginally questioned, the state or the institutions incorporated in the state, react with extreme severity, a severity aimed at destroying a socialist alternative before it develops. Characteristic for these repressive measures is that they are not carried out in contradiction to existing laws as measures in a dictatorship, instead, they are legally permitted. If necessary, legislation to cover particular measures is passed within a few days. Just as Hitler came to power legally in Germany, Berufsverbote are legal today as is censorship, as are union expulsions, as is solitary confinement in prisons, as is forbidding demonstrations against atomic energy plants. Everyone who rejects the consensus is considered an enemy of the state. With the use of new technology, especially that of the computer to collect data about every individual living in this country, the state has developed methods to register and to control the entire population, both technically and politically. The West- German left, already weak and not likely to become powerful, is not the only target. In coalition with various parties and reactionary sectors in other countries, West- Germany is putting all her efforts into fighting socialist perspectives and experiments in Europe: financial support is given to bankrupt regimes, attempts are made to force unions and socialist parties to copy the West German model and both technology and experience in repressive measures are being exported. Protest against the Model West Germany is not only an act of solidarity with the West German left; it is protest against building Europe up based on this model.*) Estimated date
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