Youth Resistance (German: Jugendwiderstand, abbreviated JW) was a Maoist youth group in Germany.[2]
Youth Resistance Jugendwiderstand | |
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| Abbreviation | JW |
| Founded | 1 May 2015 |
| Dissolved | 9 June 2019 |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism–Maoism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colours | Red
Yellow |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
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History & overview
editThe JW was founded from a split in the Berlin branch of the Magdeburg-based group Fighting Together (Zusammen Kämpfen). The split was caused by an ideological conflict between more libertarian Marxist-oriented members and the more orthodox Marxist–Leninists.[3] JW was primarily based in Berlin (predominantly in Wedding and Neukölln), but also listed branches in Bückeburg, Dresden, Flensburg, Hamburg, Magdeburg and Münster.[4]
The ideology of JW was based upon the theory of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism (MLM). MLM is the universal application of the Mao-Zedong-Thought, with the principal theorist being the Peruvian Abimael Guzmán, chairman of the Communist Party of Peru (Shining Path).[5]
JW was henceforth fiercely supportive of the revolutionary struggles of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the Naxalites in India.[6][7] Other activities of JW were among others participation in the yearly May Day and Luxemburg-Liebknecht (LL) demonstrations,[8] campaigning for election boycotts[9] and anti-fascist organizing.[10]
On 9 June 2019 JW announced on social media that it had dissolved. The main reason given by the organisation was that it could not make the transition between being an avant-garde youth organisation and an actual mass cadre communist party.[11]
On the morning of the 26 June 2019 the police raided seven houses of nine JW members in Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia. The police confiscated weapons, hard drives, mobile phones and disguises. The announced dissolution of JW is suspected of being a deception to complicate the ongoing police investigations.[12]
Criticisms
editJW has been criticised of being homophobic, nationalistic, anti-semitic, sectarian, and violent towards other leftwing groups.[13][14] The group is under surveillance of the Verfassungsschutz Berlin for being a radical left-wing anti-semitic organization.[15] JW refutes these criticisms as being either untrue, or as being part of their legitimate political praxis (in the case of their violent disposition towards other leftwing groups).[16] JW was noted for their repeated usage of words like "Volk" or "Vaterland" which are viewed as right-wing by many Germans. One member of the group was a former NPD member.[13]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Münster: Warum wir den MLM studieren und warum nicht 28. Februar 2019
- ^ "Kurzvorstellung & Kontakt". Jugendwiderstand - Rebellion ist gerechtfertigt!. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ "Rappende Revolutionäre". junge Welt (in German). 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ "Jugendwiderstand - Rebellion ist gerechtfertigt!". jugendwiderstand.blogspot.com (in German). Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ Moufawad-Paul, J. (Joshua), 1978- (2016). Continuity and rupture : philosophy in the Maoist terrain. Winchester, UK. ISBN 9781785354762. OCLC 958459002.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Berlin: Lal Salaam den Märtyrern von Malkangiri". Jugendwiderstand. 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ "UNTERSTÜTZ DIE REVOLUTION AUF DEN PHILIPPINEN. SIEG DEM VOLKSKRIEG!". Plakat der Jugendwiderstand.
- ^ "Bericht & Fotos: Das Lenin-Liebknecht-Luxemburg-Wochenende 2019 in Berlin". Jugendwiderstand. 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ "Berlin: Geht nicht wählen - Keine Stimme dem Ausbeutersystem!". Jugendwiderstand. 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ Kistler, C. (4 October 2016). "A Red Block against the fascists of Die Rechte Party in Hamm !". Redspark. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ "Das Ende des Jugendwiderstand". Jugendwiderstand - Rebellion ist gerechtfertigt!. 2019-06-09. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
- ^ "Razzia bei sieben "Jugendwiderstand"-Mitgliedern". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ a b "Maos Schläger aus Berlin-Neukölln". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ Betschka, Julius (2018-04-27). "Israel-Hasser demonstrieren am 1. Mai in Neukölln". www.morgenpost.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ Verfassungsschutz Berlin 2017 (PDF). Berlin: Berliner Verfassungsschutz. 2018. pp. 191–195. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ "Zu der Hetze gegen unsere Genossen in Flensburg". Jugendwiderstand. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
