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On 02.06.2015 00:12, Sergii Kutnii via Marxism wrote:
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On Sahra Wagenknecht and talks with Pegida
http://www.fr-online.de/pegida/sahra-wagenknecht--mit-pegida-reden-,29337826,29630636.html
- this is the first link Google search "Sahra Wagenknecht Pegida" gives.
This article says:
Sahra Wagenknecht, Vize-Fraktionschefin der Linken, ist für Gespräche
mit den Anhängern von Pegida. Unter den Anhänger gebe es eine Reihe von
Leuten, "die da hingehen, weil sie die herrschende Politik ablehnen".
"Sahra Wagenknecht, Deputy Fraction Boss of DIE LINKE, is for
discussions with SUPPORTERS of Pegida. Among the supporters are a load
of people 'who go there because they reject the dominant politics'."
This is exactly what I said - there was a debate about how to approach
some of the people who were originally mobilised by by Pegida because
they were dissatisfied with the politics of the government.
The full quote is:
Die Organisatoren von Pegida schüren rassistische Ressentiments und
machen Stimmung gegen Flüchtlinge. Aber es gibt eine Reihe von Leuten,
die da hingehen, weil sie die herrschende Politik ablehnen, weil sie
empört sind über prekäre Jobs und miese Renten. Sie haben das Gefühl, da
ist endlich mal eine Protestbewegung. Natürlich muss man mit diesen
Leuten reden und ihnen deutlich machen, dass das nicht einfach eine
Protestbewegung ist, sondern eine Bewegung, die Protest genau in die
falsche Richtung lenkt, die Sündenböcke sucht, statt die Schuldigen und
die Profiteure zu nennen.
"The organisers of Pegida are stirring up racist resentments and and
stirring people up against refugees. But there are also a load of people
who go there because the reject the dominant politics, because they are
appalled by precarious jobs and miserable pensions. The havge the
feeling that here at last is a protest movement. Of course, we have to
speak to these people and make it clear to them that that isn't simply a
protest movement, but a movement that is steering the protest in exactly
the wrong direction, looking for scapegoats instead of naming the guilty
and the profiteers."
This in my opinion was exactly the right tactic at that time when the
movement was at its height. It was not an attempt to form some sort of
Red-Brown nationalist coalition. And it has largely proved possible to
reduce the Pegida the movement to the racist and fascist hard core.
If anybody wants further proof that Sahra Wagenknecht's views has been
grossly distorted in the original article we've been discussing, then I
can provide a translation of the full interview.
Einde O'Callaghan
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