Call for participation in the demonstration within the framework of the Luxemburg-Liebknecht-Commemoration, on 13th January 2019 at 10 a.m. from Frankfurter Tor to the Memorial of the Socialists in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde and also on 15th January 2018 at 06:00 p.m. from Olof Palme Place to the Memorials in Tiergarten.
We say: In spite of all!
Year after year in January, thousands of people with carnations and roses are coming to the sepulchre of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde. And because this will be the 100th anniversary of their murder in 2019, and because the fanatical evil spirit of their murderers is celebrating a malign resurrection in many places in Germany and Europe, our »In spite of all!« shall become highly visible!
What had these two leaders of the Left, founders of the KPD, done to be spied on, caught, tortured and brutally murdered? Were they for new wars again and again? No, they were for lasting peace! Did they want to sacrifice more sweat and blood on the altar of the Steel Barons? No, they were against the exploitation of our and other peoples! Did you think like our rulers: »Many enemies, much honour«? No, they worked for the solidarity of humans and peoples! Did they follow the nationalist, racist, anti-Semitic Pied Pipers? No, they tore the masks off their faces.
Therefore, they spoke at rallies, they gathered allies, they became a growing counterforce. Precisely for this reason they were persecuted by the reactionary troops of the Freikorps, the secret services and Reichswehr and finally cruelly slaughtered. Like many others before. The rulers called it »Create order!«. It became the runway for Hitler’s brown columns.
But on the day of their assassination, the article »In spite of all« by Karl Liebknecht appeared. And the day before, Rosa Luxemburg wrote: »I was, I am, I will be!«.
Our collective remembrance redeems their pledge! Although capitalism has been restored in Eastern Europe in the meantime? We say, »In spite of all!«. Although eight super-rich families meanwhile have more wealth than the poorer half of the inhabitants of the earth? Although so many wars and civil wars are raging? Although more than 65 million people are on the run – between rubble, inflatable boats and barrier fences? Although the strong and rich Germany competes for deportation records? Although German troops are once again on the Russian border and the US President immensely increases his military budget?
We say: Exactly therefore and in spite of all! And demonstrate peacefully in this spirit on 13th January 2019.
We do not want a Fortress Europe! We want a world of peace, solidarity and a life worth living on all continents!
We think that's possible: »In spite of all!«
LL Demo Organisation Committee, Berlin, September 2018
V.i.S.d.P.: Klaus Meinel, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 25, 10249 Berlin
We are an alliance of leftist parties, organizations and autonomous groups. Since 1996, we have been preparing the annual demonstration within the framework of the Luxemburg-Liebknecht-Commemoration. We combine the memory of the ideas of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht with the demands in the struggles of our time: We demonstrate for peace and international solidarity, against exploitation, against the dismantling of democratic rights and the increase of fascist dangers.
In spite of all!
Alliance for the preparation of the demonstration within the framework of the Luxemburg-Liebknecht-Commemoration
We kindly ask for donations to cover the costs of the annual Luxemburg-Liebknecht-Demonstration.
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Laura von Wimmersperg
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Assassination of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht by a band of soldiers of the Cavalry Guards Rifle Division.
Karl Liebknecht, together with 31 murdered comrades, is buried in Friedrichsfelde Cemetery. The funeral procession develops into a mass demonstration.
Rosa Luxemburg is buried next to the burial site of Karl Liebknecht. Tens of thousands form the funeral procession.
Inauguration of the revolutionary monument created by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at Friedrichsfelde Cemetery.
Commemoration ceremonies took place annually at the tombs of the murdered revolutionaries
Organized commemorations of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were impossible. The revolutionary monument was destroyed by the fascists and the tombs of the murdered were levelled.
In the GDR, demonstrations took place every year on the second weekend of January to the Memorial of the Socialists in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde in honour of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht.
The demonstration was at first replaced by a Silent Remembrance.
The Lenin Square Alliance organized a demonstration from the former Lenin Square to the Memorial of the Socialists in Friedrichsfelde to protest against the later realized intention of grinding the Lenin Monument and renaming the Lenin Square (now Place of the United Nations).
The Lenin Square Alliance concluded its activities and a Berlin-wide alliance was established, which since 1996 has organized the annual demonstration within the framework of the Luxemburg-Liebknecht Commemoration. Elements of the commemoration are also the Silent Remembrance and the Wreath Ceremony at the Landwehr Canal, which since 1987 is always held on the 15th January.
Short Information on the Luxemburg-Liebknecht-Demonstration on 13th January 2019
On 13th January 2019, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, more than 15,000 participants from all over the country demonstrated together with guests from other countries from Frankfurter Tor to the Memorial of the Socialists in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde. It was demonstrated – as Berlin-Brandenburg Broadcasting (rbb) objectively noted – for peace and international solidarity and against the dismantling of democratic rights. The demonstration went without incident and seamlessly proceeded into the Silent Commemoration of the Berlin Land association of the party DIE LINKE on the cemetery forecourt. The Alliance for the preparation of the demonstration within the framework of the Luxemburg-Liebknecht-Commemoration would like to thank all participants for their combative, disciplined, and good-spirited participation.
Berlin, January 2019
Klaus Meinel
Platz der Vereinten Nationen 25
10249 Berlin
Deutschland
0049 0172 7085059
ll-Demo@web.de