"Not long ago, the social democrats adopted a different line of argument. They accused citizens of former East Germany of not opposing the Stalinist state and rebelling against its laws and diktats. On the grounds that the natural right to freedom and democracy stood above a state’s constitution, East German citizens were prosecuted and punished after the collapse of the GDR for failing to defy the commands of East German border troops. Then as now, the argumentation of the social democrats was determined solely by capitalist class interests. Wiefelspütz’s undemocratic and reactionary position also exposes the attitude of the Left Party, which is intent on forming a future government with the SPD, proclaiming that the social democrats represent a “left alternative” to the Merkel government. The Left Party is conducting its usual cynical double game with regard to Snowden. Top Left Party officials, Gregor Gysi, Oskar Lafontaine, Katja Kipping and SahraWagenknecht maintain a low profile and signal to the SPD in various ways that they agree with it. At the same time, the largely unknown national manager of the Left Party, Matthias Höhn, released a brief statement on the party’s web site. Under the headline “Thank you, Edward,” Hohn writes about Snowden: “Even if he does not deserve a pedestal, then at least he should receive asylum.” This would be in the political interests of Germany, Höhn declares pathetically."
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 11:05:19 +0000
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