Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Let us beat back the attacks of the ÖVP – FPÖ Government! - Revolutionarer Aufbau Austria



The government of ÖVP – FPÖ will carry out big attacks on the workers and the population!

12 hours working day – 60 hours working week

Cuts in the spheres of education, health care, child care and culture against the absolute majority of the population

Build up of arms and further abolition of neutrality

Racist and antidemocratic laws

With the general elections in October with the ÖVP and FPÖ the most open fascist forces reached a position, from which they sprout their aggressive course against the population even firther. But even at this point some of the announced “reforms” and measures, call up the justified anger of the population, especially of the workers and the youth. There is no contradiction in a principle way amongst the other parties against the course of ÖVP-FPÖ, even though the SPÖ is acting up as the “only opposition”. But it for example as well decided on the limitation of the right for demonstrations, which is now used against demonstrators. Also Kern’s “Plan A” stipulated raising and flexibilization of work time (catchword 12 hours). So to struggle against all the measures of the government their can’t remain any doubt about who is capable of fighting back all these aggravations and cuts: Only or selves are capable of it, the workers, students in the schools and at the universities. We can bring the measures of the government to a fall. One of the other “big” or small bourgeois parties, will in return only make false compromises and halt again and again after one or two steps. Therefore we are not only against the “planned cuts of the government” but also against all political forces who want to make profit at the expense of the population!

The antifascist, democratic and revolutionary forces have to trust in their own strength!
In hole Europe is much resistance against similar plans of different governments. Great struggles which proof, that everywhere they try to worsen oppression and exploitation they are confronted with rebellion – in Greece, in Catalonia, in France, and so on, strike, mass demonstrations, blockades,… Nobody is capable of miraculously creating such movements over night in Austria as well, but everyone can see, that the development of a resistance movement is possible in Austria as well. In the passed years there are experiences of protests against the first ÖVP - FPÖ government, there experiences of the students movement “Uni brennt” and there are experiences of the wave of antifascist protests against PEGIDA in Austria! And today? Even in the initial protest against the ÖVP – FPÖ government, since the elections in last October participated in total more than 20.000 people! This is a good start.

What’s impending to us is a long row of protest of different kinds, because the ruling class has a big program in mind, through which big cuts in the educational system, at the health care, in the spheres of traffic, power supply, women’s rights, democratic rights and so on, shall be pushed. Further shall Austria build up its arms, neutrality shall be thrown over board even further and it shall participate in a joint EU-Army! Therefore resistance can not be limited to just Austria, but has to link up with with movements and protest in foreign countries, which are directed against similar plans of the governments. Struggle against imperialist militarization, against preparations for war (what for should a EU-Army be created?) has to become part of this resistance!
Let’ bundle up our forces and unite right now!
Let’s organize first meetings from which joint actions can develop – not as flash in the pan, but a stable and long term resistance! Let’s take initiative in our hands, together with all who want to to get active against the plans of the ruling class consistently!

Forwards with struggling antifascism!

Against all planned cuts at the expense of the population!

Austria: Huge Demonstration against fascist „academic ball“ in Vienna


This year the demonstration against the fascist „academic ball“ had its 10th anniversary. Not only the jubilee, but also the new ÖVP/FPÖ government brought speciall conditions. Since two months Austria is governed by the most aggressive representatives of the capital. Attacks on fundamental democratic rights, further increase of exploitation and oppression inflame the rage of the people. Since two months more than 100.000 joined the protests against the new government.
Since the last huge demonstration the bourgeois media tries to attack the rebellious antifascism, even the ignite of pyrotechnic was presented as „big crime“. The police warned of „leftextremist demonstration tourists“, to justify their large contingent and a possible crack down on the demonstration.
The bourgeois propaganda against this demonstration could not intimidate the antifascists to show their justified rage. Never in this ten years, there were more people involved in this protest, more than 10.000 joined it.
We have to prepare for an long lasting antifascist struggle. The „Antifascist Action“ sticked out by an high grade of unity and an struggling expression. This leads to an good spirit in parts of the demonstration, which was hold up until the end. Especially the new slogans „Capital has many colors, let us fight against all of them“ and „Long live international Solidarity“ was shouted in huge parts of the demonstration.
The rebellious antifascists was not frightened, they appeared resolutely and in many parts of the demonstration there was ignited pyrotechnic, against the „panic“ of the media, which was a very good symbol for the self-confidence of the antifascist movement.
Under the new conditions the struggling antifascism got successfully defended. It was proven that a huge part of the antifascist forces have no illusion anymore in any bourgeois parties, but the antifascist movement needs perspective! This is the task which the most advanced forces in the rows of the struggling antifascist forces have to take up. This demonstration is a good basis for the following protests. We have to be prepared for an long lasting antifascist struggle. As long as the capital is not smashed down, exploitation and oppression will intensify. Only if we unite our forces and if we organise we can resist against the coming attacks and raise our struggle on a new stage!

Strengthen the ranges of struggling antifascism!

Death to fascism! Freedom to the people!

Down with the capital!

Down with capitalism, down with fascism and racism!


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