Left-Extremist Endeavours

3. "Anti-Fascism"
For the vast majority of the groups in the area of left-wing extremism,
"anti-fascism" remained a focus of action. While the
"anti-fascist" struggle of left-wing extremists purports to be a fight
against right-extremist endeavours, its ultimate aim is to eliminate
the alleged roots of fascism in the bourgeois "capitalist" system
and thus to abolish the free democratic constitutional order of
society - since right-wing extremism, according to the Communist
doctrine of fascism, has its origin in capitalist class society, and
both "fascism" and "middle-class democracy" serve to ensure the
rule of capital.
Violence-inclined left-wing extremists candidly disclosed the instrumental
character of their "anti-fascist struggle". Thus, a brochure
by the "Antifaschistische Aktion Berlin" (AAB - "Anti-
Fascist Action Berlin") stated:
"Our concept ... is ’Revolutionary Anti-Fascism’.
’Revolutionary’ means the orientation to the basic,
fundamental upheaval of the existing living conditions. This
also includes the refusal to accept to play the game of the
existing system. ... Therefore, uncompromising anti-fascism
considers the fight against fascism to include the fight against
the prevailing social conditions."
Publicly announced events of right-wing extremists often led to
the formation of broad-range "anti-fascist alliances" in which
militant autonomists, revolutionary-Marxist groups as well as
representatives and bodies of the PDS and of non-extremist organizations
worked together. In particular, demonstrations of
right-wing extremists against the exhibition "Vernichtungskrieg.
Verbrechen der Wehrmacht 1941 bis 1944" ["War of Extermination
- The German Army and Genocide. Crimes against War Prisoners,
Jews and Other Civilians in the East 1941 - 1944"; short title:
"Wehrmacht Exhibition"] in various instances provided an occasion
for protest actions by left-wing extremists (cf. Chapter III, subsection
1.1, above).
In Osnabrück, on 9 October, up to 1,000 persons - including a
large number of violence-inclined left-wing extremists - demonstrated
against an anti-Exhibition rally of "Junge Nationaldemokraten"
(JN - "Young National-Democrats). Violent offenders
massively attacked the police with stones, bottles and paintbags
and fired aimed shots with signal ammunition. Three police officers
were injured; damage was done to six service vehicles. A
total of 21 persons were placed under provisional arrest. Already
in the period preceding their planned demonstration, left-wing
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