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Bulletin
Information for revolutionary and Marxist-Leninist forces of all countries

Extracts from "Rot Front"
Theoretical Organ of "Gegen die Stromung"

"Gegen die Strömung" was based 1974 in struggle against modern revisionism and particularly against right opportunism of different pseudo-communist organizations. "Gegen die Strömung" places itself clearly on the ground of the fundamental ideas of the world communist movement under the banner "workers of all countries, unite!". As a priority task from the beginning until today "Gegen die Strömung" has specified in its publications and its entire work the defence of the well justified principles of scientific communism, the theoretical works of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin in connection with a critical processing of the history of the world communist movement and the communist traditions in Germany.

The German imperialism, militarism and revanchism is the main enemy of the preparation and realization of the armed socialist revolution of the majority of the working class and its allied ones in Germany. The unmasking of German imperialism, militarism and revanchism and the struggle against it is located in the center of our work with the building of a real communist party of a new type in struggle for the dictatorship of the proletariat with the aim of communism.

Welcome address marking the 3rd Party Conference of "Gegen die Stroemung":
To all forces of the world orientated towards Scientific Communism (as PDF 330 kb)

Overview of important publications by "Gegen die Strömung" available in English
(2. Ed., Febr. 2006. PDF 830 kb)

Bulletin

Information for revolutionary and Marxist-Leninist forces of all countries

01 / 2009 (PDF 1220 kb)	The reason why campains like the one earned out by Antifas in Hannover are very important: Fight any habituation to German militarism! „The German Army, like every imperialist army, requires a certain degree of acceptance and support on the part of its own domestic population. Through the employment of a vast apparatus of propaganda, supported by the bourgeois media, German imperialists and militarists have managed to prepare and carry out their gradual military expansion dynamically and effectively. They have managed to habituate the German population to increasingly open and large military interventions, under several different flags. They have done all this without encountering any significant resistance. At the same time, they have successfully managed to paint themselves as a fundamentally 'dovish' and 'human' force by pointing the finger at others - particularly at US imperialism - thus diverting attention from their own war campaigns and war crimes. (...) German imperialism in Greece „The impressive struggles of the militant youths and numerous workers in Greece, particularly in the wake of the 6th December 2008, when the 15-yearold Alexis Grigoropoulous was murdered by a police officer in Athens, have attracted great attention in revolutionary circles in many countries around the world, and particularly in Germany. ... Our solidarity with our campaigning comrade brothers and sisters in Greece should bring our attention to one particularly important issue: educating the public about our 'own' imperialism - that is,German imperialism - and its role in both the history of Germany and in its present-day circumstances." (...)
01 / 2008 (PDF 1220 kb)	Struggle for clarity regarding socialist democracy! On the protests against the mass layoffs atNokia: Against appeasement andnationalistcampaigns: Intesify the struggle, occupy the factory!
02 / 2004 (PDF 1220 kb)	The "EU's eastward expansion": Fight the advance of German Imperialism! Fight German Chauvinism! "On May 1st, this year, eight countries from Eastern and South-eastern Europe-Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Czech republic and Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Malta and Cyprus- joined the European Union, thus increasing membership of the EU by 10 states. By choosing May 1st - the international day of action of the working classes — as the date of EU expansion, the ruling classes have offered a deliberate provocation to the worker masses, to workers in Germany and in other EU countries. Considering the 20 million unemployed, considering advancing impoverishment, considering gravely deteriorating working and living conditions for the working masses of EU countries, it is more than apparent that the imperialist project for a "United Europe " has been forced through on the backs of and against the basic social interests of the working masses.(..) The hypocrisy of German imperialism with respect to the crimes perpetrated by its imperialist rival, the USA: Torture -perfected in Germany! "Politicians and the media in Germany have expressed their 'dismay', even their 'anger' with respect to published photos of mistreated Iraqi prisoners, in particular at the hands of US army personnel. This is a demagogic manoeuvre in two ways. Firstly, it diverts attention from the fact, documented in various places, that large numbers of people are still being maltreated in German prisons and police cells, in checks and searches, and at the hands of the German army This applies especially to refugees who face frequent abuse in deportation camps, police cells and during violent deportations, some of whom do not survive these deportations. On the other hand, politicians and ideologues of German imperialism are calling more and more often for the use of torture 'if and when required'. In other words, to cause systematic and deliberate suffering to force confessions from people. This ranges from specific official threats and concrete preparations for the use of torture in the Frankfurt police academy, which have met with a shocking degree of approval, right up to the 'public intervention for the use of torture in the 'war against terror 'as asserted by a professor at the German Bundeswehr academy. The fact that such 'considerations 'of the use and usefulness of torture are even taking place in public is another aspect of the increasing fascistization of Germany. The first section of this leaflet gives an historical outline of the development of German imperialism to masters of torture. (...)
03 / 2005 (PDF 1220 kb)	50 years of Bundeswehr - Fight the third attempt of German militarism! The future plans of German military: WAR "The history of German military is marked by wars of conquest, massacring of the revolutionary worker movement, unprecedented crimes against the civilian population ofthe colonized and invaded countries, mass murder and genocide. Today in the phase of consolidation, after the defeat of the nazi-fascist Wehrmacht in 1945, the present of German military means: Bombardment of Serbia in 1999, at that time still together with England and the USA; advance guards in more than a dozen countries; a policy ofoccupation in Afghanistan and on the national territory of former Yugoslavia. The perspective in internal direction is indisputable: Conversion of the Bundeswehr into an army of civil war for the purpose of safeguarding capitalism in the inside! What are the future plans of German imperialism? (..) "The majority of the workforce voted in favor of a strike, if someone cannot deal with democratic decisions, he or she has to take the consequences." Strike at Infineon Munich: Lessens learned about the necessity of fighting against scabs "The attacks of capitalists against female and male workers at Infineon Munichz Perlach go along with the attacks against female and male workers at VW, Daimler-Chrysler, Opel and other enterprises. At Infineon they announced the closure of the work site for the year 2007 and the moving of the production to two different work sites. All of the 800 employees directly employed by Infineon and 200 people-employed by suppliers will lose their job." The female and male workers from Infineon initiated a strike for an indefinite period against the closure of the factory on 10-24-2005 in Munich-Perlach. The support by female and male colleagues from other enterprises and trade unions was huge and they showed solidarity from the first day on. (..)
04 / 2007 (PDF 1220 kb)	90 years since the victorious socialist October Revolution in Russia The victorious armed insurrection of the proletariat against the bourgeoisie Expose te tricks and mudslinging against the justified struggle by the personnel of Deutsche Bahn!
01 / 2007 (PDF 220 kb)	No slandering or discrimination of any sort against those who are attracted to members of the same sex! Appeal to the Communist-orientated forces to study the writings of Lenin, “Renegade Kautsky” and “LeftWing” Communism, an Infantile Disorder”! The Majority of the Working Men and Women
01 / 2005 (PDF 1020 kb)	Modern Revisionism is and remains the main threat! 60 Years since the bombardment of Dresden: A touchstone for the correct stand against Nazism and nationalism Why the Nazi Fortress of Dresden Had to Be Destroyed! Solidarity with the armed liberation struggle in Nepal!
04 / 2004 (PDF 260 kb)	On the strikeand strike outbreak at Opel: Twofold lesson The Nazi ideology of lives "not worth living": From discrimination to mass murder
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01 / 2004 (PDF 450 kb)	Fight the lethal German master race ideology: Against Nazi terror and discrimination against dark-skinned people in Germany Against this illusion making concerning capitalist system's alleged potential for reform: Fight against increasing exploitation and impoverishment from a revolutionary perspective
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01 / 2003 (PDF 300 kb)	March 20, 2003: US and English Planes Iraq! Statement Against US Aggresssion and the Tactics of German Imperialism in the Middle East On January 30, 1933 Hitler was namend Reich's Chancellor: The Class struggle under direction of the KPD 1929 until the victory of Nazi-fascism in 1933
04 / 2002 (PDF 290 kb)	Attacks, Cruelties, Assassinations, Murder: Nazi-Terror! Study the Writings of Scientific Communism: Convincing Arguments for Communism
03 / 2002 (PDF 260 kb)	The Dilemma of the Union Dependent Strike Movement: The Construction Worker's Strike of June 2002 Support the struggle of the Roma people of the former-Yugoslavia against the murderous deportation-terror of German imperialism! Learn from Dimitroff's Fight against Nazi-fascism!
02 / 2002 (PDF 600 kb)	The Imperialist "Lords of the World" DON'T control everything! The just struggles of the Exploited and Oppressed of the world will not be stopped! Fight the Growing Enmity Against the Jews in Germany! The Imperialist Big-Powers Turn the Peoples Against One Another In Order to Continue Their Expansion The Masses of the Working People of Israel and of the Autonomous Regions Together Will Beginn a New Page in Their Fight Against Imperialism and Chauvinism!
01 / 2002 (PDF 240 kb)	The Continuing Struggles of the Exploited and Oppressed in Argentina show the progressive powers of the entire world: As it is now, it will not reamain! NPD and Verfassungsschutz Nazis in the middle of the state apparatus! Ex-Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kuwait and Somalia... German Imperialism's Third Military Attempt at World Dominance!
04 / 2001 (PDF 580 kb)	In Light of the American-British bombardment of Afghanistan and the resolution of the German parliament to insert German army forces into and around Afghanistan: Fight the War Policies of German Imperialism! June 22,1941-May 8,1945: The German Nazi-fascist War against the Dictatorship of the Proletariat in the Soviet Union 1.418 Days!
03 / 2001 (PDF 260 kb)	A Contribution to the Analysis of Classes in Germany: Revolutionary Perspectives in the countryside? The militant struggles in Genoa against worldwide imperialist exploitation and oppression were just!
02 / 2001 (PDF 250 kb)	Drive forward in the long term communist work in the enterprises! First of May 2001 in Germany: Evaluate the Experiences of the Struggles Against the Nazi Gangs!
01 / 2001 (PDF 500 kb)	Without yielding even one milimetre in the struggle against the Nazis - strengthen the struggle against governmental deportation terror and creeping fascism in general! Against State Terror! How the murderous Turkish state tries to down the struggle of the prisoners in blood The struggle of the Democratic and Revolutionary Prisoners in Turkey Continues!
04 / 2000 (PDF 270 kb)	10 years of "German unity": The Nazi Terror from Hoyerswerda to Düsseldorf 100 years of German imperialism: 100 years of robbery and murder The Massacres of the German Militarists in China in 1900
03 / 2000 (PDF 290 kb)	Against the distortion of a basic thesis of scientific communism: "The Working Men Have No Country!" Bomb attack in Düsseldorf: The Anti-Semitic Terror of the Nazis Has Systematic Character!
02 / 2000 (PDF 290 kb)	Arms exports as an essential trait of German imperialism "German Weapons, German Money, Take Part in Murder All Over the World!" Against the dirty argument "No violence against the Nazis!" Those Who Reject Violence Against Nazi-Terror Share the Blame!
01 / 2000 (PDF 250 kb)	What Do the Militant Mass Struggles in Ecuador Show? Statement on the just demands of those who were persecuted by Nazi fascism
Collection of Bulletins Information for revolutionary and Marxist-Leninist forces of all countries 1992 - 1999 (130 pages, PDF, 10.200 kb)


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Leaflets of "Gegen die Stromung"

August 1985 2 pages (PDF 530 kb)	Support the armed struggle against racism and imperialism in South Africa!
June 1986 1 page (PDF 210kb)	Cold-blooded murder of over 400 men and women fighters, above all from the C. P. of Peru, amidst applause from the "Socialist International" in Lima The fascist deeds of social-democracy in Peru In addition: Our main criticism of the C, P. of Peru
September 1986 2 pages (PDF 460kb)	Prevent the deportation and mass expulsion of political persecutees who demand the right of asylum! Combat the stultification and baiting of the Westgerman population! Westgerman Imperialism foments the atmosphere of pogroms
Oktober 1990 4 pages (PDF 990 kb)	October 3, 1990: Is the annexation of the GDR and West Berlin complete? The last word has not yet been spoken!
June 1991 2 pages (PDF 240 kb)	50 years ago, German imperialism attacked the then-socialist Soviet Union: No illusions about West/German imperialism!
September 1991 2 pages (PDF 200kb)	In the long run the workers of the Soviet Union will bring to an end this anti-commnuist and revisionist nightmare, with another proletarian revolution! Neither Gorbachov, nor Yeltsin, not the "Brezhnevists" will lead the Soviet Union out of decay and crisis!
October 1991 2 pages (PDF 220kb)	Nazis are doing the dirty work for CDU/SPD/FDP/GREENS who have long proclaimed a policy of "deterrence": Pogroms!
January 1992 2 pages (PDF 230kb)	Why West/German imperialism recognizes Croatia
February 1992 2 pages (PDF 200kb)	The Wansee Conference of 1942 Remember everything!
March 1992 2 pages (PDF 240kb)	International Women's Day, March 8: Clara Zetkin - for the rights of proletarian women in the fight for communism
April 1992 4 pages (PDF 360kb)	A Nazi criminal and his carreer: Nazi officer - Official of the revisionist SED (Socialist Unity Party of Germany) - Top-Level Social Democrat Politician What the "Just Case" shows us
Mai-June 1994 8 pages (PDF 1070kb)	Long live the revolution in Mexico!
May 1995 2 pages (PDF 320 kb)	May 8th 1995: 50th anniversary of the military victory over Nazi Fascism The Potsdam agreement: a sharp weapon for unmasking German imperialism, revanchism and militarism
March 1998 x pages (PDF 530 kb)	Solidarity with the just reparation demands of the Herero people in Namibia! The genocide committed against the Herero by the German imperialists won't be forgiven nor forgotten!
January 1999 4 pages (PDF 460kb)	In the face of the acceleration of the deportations and the germanisation politics of German imperialism we have, primarily, to propagate proletarian internationalism and Communism! On the Co-operation of the Revolutionary Forces of Different Nationalities in Germany


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Extracts from "Rot Front" -
Theoretical Organ of "Gegen die Stromung"

Resolution 3
July 1996
4 pages

(PDF 310 kb)

Death to German imperialism, revanchism and militarism

Resolution 4
July 1996
6 pages

(PDF 460 kb)

The principal way of the socialist revolution in the imperialist Germany


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Numbers of "Gegen die Stroemung"

(1974 — 1993)

GDS #6 August 1977 60 pages (PDF 2230 kb)	Criticism of Deng Hsiao-Pings "Three Worlds" pattern
GDS #9 April 1979 28 pages (PDF 1220 kb)	On the Communist Party of China's "Proposal on the general line of the international communist movement", 1963: The necessity of an international Marxist-Leninist general line and the struggle of the C. P. of China against modern revisionism Part I: Several burning problems in the development of the Marxist-Leninist world movement and the necessity of a criticism of the "Great polemic"
GDS #10 May 1979 40 pages (PDF 1490 kb)	On the Communist Party of China's "Proposal on the general line of the international communist movement", 1963: The requirements of an international Marxist-Leninist general line and the struggle of the C. P. of China against modern revisionism Part II A: Concerning the history of the struggle against modern revisionism
GDS #12 April 1979 56 pages (PDF 1990 kb)	On the "Proposal" of the CP of China "Concerning the general line of the international communist movement", 1963: The requirements of an international Marxist-Leninist general line and the struggle of the C. P. of China against modern revisionism A) Part III A: The significance of the principles of Marxism-Leninism in the struggle against modern revisionism B) Extracts from "Questions and answers on the problems of the joint statements regarding the criticism of the 'Great polemic' of the 60 s"
GDS #20 Jan. 1981 84 pages (PDF 2980 kb)	On the "Proposal" of the C. P. of China's "General line of the international communist movement", 1963 The requirements of an international Marxist-Leninist general line and the struggle of the C. P. of China against modern revisionism Part VI:The scheme of the "Peaceful and non-peaceful path" contradicts Marxism-Leninism
GDS #13 Nov. 1979 36 pages (PDF 2060 kb)	On the occasion of Stalin's 100th birth anniversary: Let us learn from Stalin and accomplish the tasks at hand!
GDS #15 April 1980 32 pages (PDF 2300kb)	About the situation and the tasks of the revolution in Turkey, Austria, West-Germany and West-Berlin
GDS #24 (Extracs) May 1981 16 pages (PDF 600 kb)	General evaluation of the teachings and the work of Mao Tse-tung
GDS #24 August 1981 240 pages (PDF 890% kb)	General evaluation of the teachings and the work of Mao Tse-tung Part I: Investigations towards the evaluation of the teachings and the work of Mao Tse-tung
GDS #39 Dec. 1986 72 pages (PDF 2610 kb)	Beat back the revisionist attacks against Marxist-Leninist philosophy! Recognise the outstanding role of Stalin's writing "Dialectical and historical materialism" and defend it energetically against attachs by the modern revisionists! Do not abandon Mao Tse-tung's Marxist-Leninist views in the field of hilosophy, to the attacks of the modern revisionists but defend and eveluate them in a principled way!
GDS #57 (Extracs) Oct. 1991 16 pages (PDF 650 kb)	On the relationship of migration of peoples, democratic right of asylum and proletarian internationalism The imperialist world system is the cause of the "modern migration of peoples"

The reason why campains like the one earned out by Antifas in Hannover are very important: Fight any habituation to German militarism!

German imperialism in Greece

The "EU's eastward expansion": Fight the advance of German Imperialism! Fight German Chauvinism!

The hypocrisy of German imperialism with respect to the crimes perpetrated by its imperialist rival, the USA: Torture -perfected in Germany!

50 years of Bundeswehr - Fight the third attempt of German militarism! The future plans of German military: WAR

"The majority of the workforce voted in favor of a strike, if someone cannot deal with democratic decisions, he or she has to take the consequences." Strike at Infineon Munich: Lessens learned about the necessity of fighting against scabs

The victorious armed insurrection of the proletariat against the bourgeoisie

Expose te tricks and mudslinging against the justified struggle by the personnel of Deutsche Bahn!

Appeal to the Communist-orientated forces to study the writings of Lenin, “Renegade Kautsky” and “LeftWing” Communism, an Infantile Disorder”!

The Majority of the Working Men and Women

The reason why campains like the one earned out by Antifas in Hannover are very important:
Fight any habituation to German militarism!

The "EU's eastward expansion":
Fight the advance of German Imperialism! Fight German Chauvinism!

The hypocrisy of German imperialism with respect to the crimes
perpetrated by its imperialist rival, the USA:
Torture -perfected in Germany!

50 years of Bundeswehr - Fight the third attempt of German militarism!
The future plans of German military: WAR

"The majority of the workforce voted in favor of a strike, if someone cannot deal with democratic decisions, he or she has to take the consequences."
Strike at Infineon Munich: Lessens learned about the necessity of fighting against scabs