Trotzalledem Proletarier:innen aller Länder und unterdrückte Völker vereinigt euch!
The danger of a third imperialist world war is growing by the day! All imperialist powers — particularly the major powers, with Germany at the heart of it all — are arming themselves for this war.
Class against class!
Trouble is brewing in countless workplaces — our anger is growing! Companies are threatening to cut jobs because they claim they „must save money“. Attacks on our hard-won labour and social rights are becoming ever more brazen: abolishing the eight-hour day, raising the pension age to seventy and cutting support for the poorest — all in the name of justice… Work until we die! They expect us to accept any poorly paid job, even as our livelihoods are being destroyed — all in the name of maximising profit.
Social Devastation
The ruling classes help themselves to funds intended for health, education, pensions and social welfare in order to pay for their war preparations — and they intend to force our youth to march off to war. They cut social spending yet pour endless billions into rearmament. The debt brake was not lifted to improve our living conditions.
Money for freedom and democracy?
No!
Money for the war industry!
Under capitalism, this so-called freedom ultimately means that we working people are cannon fodder for their wars, while arms producers grow rich from them. And we are expected to foot the bill for everything!
This makes us furious!
The ruling class’s representatives think we believe their lies — that we are willing to sacrifice our lives for the state and capital.
The bosses in corporations hope we will give in and surrender not only our hard-won gains, but also our dignity. For what, exactly? ‚Germany as a business location‘? For the bosses‘ maximum profits?
NO! NO! NO!
For far too long, we have failed to harness the power of our class when it stands united against the attacks of capitalism.
That is what matters now! Urgently!
Union-organised days of action, with bold speeches and calls to fight from union leaders, are all well and good. But that won’t be enough! It’s not enough just to vent steam! We must fight for our cause, for ourselves and for future generations!
The fight of the working class! Against the capitalist class and for a socialist society!
War on war!
Dozens of reactionary, imperialist wars are raging across the globe.
No natural disasters!
No! They are man-made!
They are the continuation of politics by other means.
What causes wars? Rulers struggle for spheres of influence, control over energy sources, markets and finances. It’s about pushing back their imperialist competitors. It’s about cultural hegemony. Ultimately, it’s about world domination.
And no, there is not a single peaceful solution in sight. The oppressed peoples and working masses can catch their breath for a short time during ceasefires or ‚peace agreements‘ before the next slaughter begins. The pinnacle of increasingly extreme warmongering and propaganda is the cold-blooded and contemptuous treatment of the victims of their wars. The imperialist powers are building more and more walls around their territories. The German state is heavily involved in showing disdain for people. With this system, there can be no peace!
Fight Capital
German weapons and money are killing people all over the world. Arms companies profit from all military conflicts, with German companies leading the way. They are the main profiteers of wars and their horrific consequences.
FRG arms exports generate huge profits from mass murder. Aircraft engines, rockets, submarines, frigates, mine-clearance ships, tanks, drones, helicopters, fighter jets and troop transports, as well as bombs and fragmentation grenades, are all made in Germany and exported all over the world.
Around 135,000 people work for the German arms industry in corporations, medium-sized companies and countless suppliers.
Furthermore, more and more companies are switching their production to items such as uniforms instead of outdoor fashion and water purification and field kitchens for the ‚troops‘ instead of steam cleaners. Capitalist ‚creativity‘ knows no bounds. War and mass murder are good for business.
No ifs or buts: All of this fuels the war machine.
We workers produce all of this, even though we know exactly what our products cause: cruel mutilations, distress, misery and death. It is not the rulers who suffer the consequences of devastating war technology, but our fellow class members.
The working masses are always the victims of war. They are used as cannon fodder and ‚collateral damage‘, and are raped, bombed and forced to fight for survival in contaminated areas. Those who can flee encounter inhumane racism in the war-producing metropolises.
Imperialist wars are the biggest destroyers of the environment and the foundations of life on this planet.
This is what it looks like!
So much for human rights!
So much for democracy!
The ruling order is murderous!
This has to stop!
We have the power to end the wars!
Until peace prevails!
They are immune to moral and ethical condemnation. In fact, they even have the audacity to portray their wars as moral and ethical acts. The only thing that can stop war profiteers from continuing to profit from mass murder is to stop production!
When we go on strike!
Despite our doubts, we workers are the only ones who can put an end to all this. Shutting down the factories is a start. We workers are in the right place. If we all pull together, we can stop the murder machine!
We finally need to get started!
Our planet can’t withstand imperialist madness for much longer.
Let’s organise the resistance, sabotage the war machine and stop the madness!
And since we’re at it, let’s not just stop the war industry, but totally shake it up! Let’s finally throw this imperialist system onto the scrap heap of history! This is the system of the ruling capitalist class. We, the working class, the masses of workers and the oppressed peoples, have nothing to lose but a world to win!
For that, we don’t need any less or any more than the socialist revolution. It’s not going to happen peacefully or non-violently.
No exploiter or oppressor will willingly relinquish their power. The fact remains: we will either be consumed by imperialist wars or we will move forward with socialism towards a classless society.
Let’s build a powerful organisation alongside the Communist Party, which is fighting on the front lines for the proletarian revolution!
Trotz alledem!
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