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Today in Labor History February 28, 1933: Erich Mühsam, was arrested and blamed for the Reichstag fire. The fire was actually set by Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutch council communist.
Mühsam was sent to the Oranienberg concentration camp, where he was tortured and murdered. Mühsam was an anarchist, poet and playwright who condemned Nazism and satirized Hitler. In the wake of the fire, President von Hindenburg issued the Reichstag Fire Decree, suspending civil liberties, and launching a "ruthless confrontation" with the Communists, making the fire pivotal in the establishment of Nazi Germany. They went on a witch hunt, mass-arresting Communists, including members of Parliament, crippling their participation in the March 5th special elections, which allowed the Nazi party to expand their plurality in parliament. Hitler had called in hopes of moving the Nazi party from a plurality to a majority through quasi-legal means. Sound familiar?

#workingclass #LaborHistory #nazis #hitler #germany #communism #anarchism #concentrationcamp #reichstag #Poet #playwright #fascism #antifascism #antifa @bookstadon

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Letztendlich war es Otto Wels, der die letzte freie Rede im #Reichstag hielt, der bis zuletzt unter der parteipolitischen Flagge der #SPD klarstellte, dass man uns Freiheit und Leben nehmen kann - die Ehre aber nicht!

Dieser Kampf gegen den #Rechtsruck findet auf der Straße also genauso statt wie in den Parlamenten. Und damit meine ich nichtmal den #Bundestag oder die Landtage. Auch #Kommunalpolitiker tun das - so wie ich. Und das ist eine öffentliche Sache. Ich muss mich dafür nicht schämen.