3424 GERMANY (Berlin) - North East Antifa Berlin

The Antifa movement in Germany is a political current composed of multiple far-left, autonomous, militant anti-fascist groups and individuals. It has existed in different eras and incarnations, and takes its name from the historical Antifaschistische Aktion, an organisation affiliated with the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) that existed from 1932 to 1933. Antifa committees emerged across Germany after WWII with the involvement of trade unionist, socialist, communist and Christian groups; in the Soviet occupation zone and East Germany these were absorbed into the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany and became part of its official apparatus, ideology and language.

The modern movement has its roots in the West German Außerparlamentarische Opposition left-wing student movement and largely adopted the aesthetics of the first movement; the first Antifa groups in this tradition were founded by the Maoist Communist League in the early 1970s; from the late 1980s West Germany's squatter scene and left-wing autonomism movement were the main contributors to the new Antifa movement, and typically a more anarcho-communist leaning. The modern movement has splintered into different groups and factions, including one anti-imperialist and anti-Zionist faction and one anti-German faction who strongly oppose each other.

The North East Antifascists (NEA) is one of the main players in the area of autonomous Antifa in Berlin and, according to the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution, is a left-wing extremist group founded in 2007. In addition, the NEA focus on gentrification. Other topics of the group are the commemoration of murdered victims of right-wing extremists and the mobilization against parties from the area of right-wing populism. The group claims that it rejects the state capitalism of the Eastern Bloc countries and turns against the state and the nation. Rather, she sees freedom realized in anarchism and libertarian communism.

About the stamp

The stamp, depicting Turborotalita quinqueloba, is a special one, part of the series Marine Life - Foraminifera, designed by Sophie Beaujard and issued by French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF) on January 2, 2017.

References
Antifa (Germany) - Wikipedia
North East Antifascists - Wikipedia

Sender: Jean-Yves Gerlat
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