Usage of Left Extremism classification that stems from German secret services as an attempt to pressure AND and Anarchist Days
In past days it came to our knowledge that a certain individual is trying to apply pressure at least on one of the event venues from Anarchist Days to cancel the events and kick out organization from the venue. Reasons provided in the complaint are formal – Anarchist Network Dresden (AND) as well as some of our partners during Anarchist Days are considered left extremist organizations by VS and this should make those providing spaces to Anarchist Days think twice with whom they work.
A few days ago, we learned that an individual is actively trying to sabotage the Anarchist Days in Dresden. In an email to the organizers of one of the A-Days venues, it was stated that the Anarchist Network Dresden itself and several other groups represented at the A-Days with lectures were ‘left-wing extremists’ and were being monitored by the German Verfassungsschutz – so it would be better to think twice about collaborating with us.
Delegitimising left-wing, progressive politics, pushing them out of the city and criminalizing them are moves that we otherwise already know from CDU and AfD politicians. However, the person responsible for these emails is known to us and is considered as part of the left scene in Dresden by some.
We believe this is just a continuation of attempts by certain individuals to sabotage our political work as well as to take away voices of the people who give presentations during A-Days. We are also deeply concerned that more and more individuals inside Dresden left scene appeal to law constructs of the state to fight back political opponents within the city. With the saxonian regional government as well as federal government giving up into the hands of fascist organizations we see such development as a direct support of german state in its fight against left and anarchist structures.
We do not believe there is any space inside the anarchist circles for people who appeal to the states and their structures in attempt to push their own political agenda.