Call for participation in the demonstration within the framework of the Luxemburg-Liebknecht-Commemoration, on 12th January 2025 at 10 a.m. from Frankfurter Tor to the Memorial of the Socialists in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde and also on 15th January 2025 at 06:00 p.m. from Olof Palme Place to the Memorials in Tiergarten.
For internationalism and solidarity with all the oppressed
On 15th January 1919, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were treacherously murdered by
reaction. Murdered because they fought unbendingly, organising the working class, against
capitalism and war – for a socialist future.
Socialism or barbarism, Rosa Luxemburg summarised these social options in the middle of the First
World War in the words: »… either the triumph of imperialism and the downfall of all culture as in
ancient Rome, depopulation, desolation, degeneration, a large cemetery. Or the victory of socialism
…«.
Under the sword of Damocles of the looming nuclear inferno, their words have lost none of their
topicality. Under these conditions, the question of peace has become a social question as never
before. Our struggle is therefore one against imperialist wars, against the danger of a world
conflagration that would destroy civilisation.
Our fight against war is therefore at the same time a fight against the system that constantly
produces wars. Especially in view of the fact that two world wars started from German soil,
Germany must never again become capable of war, and German tanks should never again shoot at
Russians. We are demonstrating against the rapid social cuts that are inseparably linked to the
production of war capability and horrendous arms expenditure and the associated degradation and
impoverishment of millions of people in this country.
We oppose the restrictions on civil liberties that are taking place at breakneck speed, against the
growing level of repression under the pretext of wanting to protect these very civil liberties against
enemies of democracy.
Who the enemies of democracy are, is dictated by »published opinion«, is dictated by those who
dismantle civil liberties. They denounce all those who oppose bellicism, German militarism and the
aggressive NATO alliance under US leadership. They denounce all those who oppose the social
upheavals and environmental destruction that are inevitably the result of these war preparations in
particular.
The »published opinion« also brands those who stand in the way of the prescribed racism as
enemies of democracy. These »enemies of democracy« are fighting the propaganda against
migrants, the agitation against refugees and asylum seekers. They are fighting the mass-generated
hatred against Muslims and anti-Semitism, and they are opposing all those who spread a hatred of
Russia that has not been seen since the Hitler regime. From bellicism to racial hatred, all these
tendencies are components of fascist developments. We oppose this with our internationalism, our
solidarity with all the oppressed and our humanity.
On 12th January 2025, we protest against the planned deployment of most modern US weapons on
German soil in 2026, which has been announced without parliamentary approval and will make
Germany a prime target of a nuclear strike. We demonstrate against arms deliveries to Ukraine and
Israel and for a diplomatic solution of all wars and conflicts.
Protest on the streets is more necessary than ever. We, leftists from different currents, will
peacefully express our positions and demands on 12th January 2025 in memory of Rosa and Karl.
We are calling for a broad alliance.
LL Demo Organisation Committee, Berlin, October 2024
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.
Bank account:
Laura von Wimmersperg
IBAN: DE92 1005 0000 6010 2191 81
BIC-/SWIFT-Code: BELADEBE
Reason for payment: LL-Demo
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