>What caused the police-state to raise up its ugly head? In this case, the justification was a website created to organize against a rally of an extreme right political party. It seems in Bavaria, you cannot make a website that tries to get people to come protest neo-fascists without also offending the police.
This is simply wrong. The website called for violence.
That's actually true. I don't know why both the CCC and Riseup feel the need to exclude that the website explicitly asked for violent protests. It doesn't change the fact that the raids were pointless and to some extend disproportionate. It sure is a good way to give up the moral high ground though.
I see unsourced information (inciting violence; whether it's true or not is not my point[1]) and irrelevant information (what does it matter if they're communist, the implication being that it does, and that they're getting what's coming to them). The lack of a disclaimer otherwise also may be seen as tacit approval of the police raid.
[1] This appears to be site in question: https://augsburgfuerkrawalltouristen.noblogs.org/ (German). At first glance it seems pretty tame. Maybe they changed it, I don't know. And of course the relation to raids is tenuous.
These are the article, which are problematic. First one calls for riot/turmoil ("Krawall"). Second one has instructions for violent protests.
They are using communist/socialists emblems. Their statements indicate that they do not like the current capitalist society and want to abolish it: "freedom from want"; "world without oppression or hierarchy, where power is shared equally" https://riseup.net/en/about-us
Which website called for violence? On rise-up I see only anti-violence and anti-authoritarian posts.
riseup is for sure not a communist organization. It's anti-authoritarian and anti-fascist. Communists are very authoritarian. German police seems to be also very authoritarian and fascist friendly. They are multiple accounts of german courts and police actively protecting fascists, who are calling for violence. And targeting anti-fascists, who are criticising said violence.
The Communist Manifesto ends with the words "The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare..."
Thus, to be a communist means to openly declare that you are a communist. Marx made this point elsewhere, as did subsequent communists.
Of course, under state repression (like this) this convention is not expected to be followed blindly. If communists are being arrested in a country, communists are not expected to put up their hands and say "come get me too". But to be a communist means to openly be one when legally possible (with few exceptions - a handful of self-described communists like Ted Grant thought otherwise).
Riseup.net does not describe itself as communist. In fact its about page says it stands against vanguardism, which in the milieu in which it sits means it is against Leninism. Which means they are not communist in any form modern people would understand.
I think you are right. Here in Germany the Afd is also on the rise, who has a strong stand against refugees and the EU.
What is the common denominator? Obviously it is about globalism and culture, but maybe it has more to it?
I think none is really looking at the big picture. What are our values and how do democracies work? Do we in the west have the better system or where we just lucky? Currently the west is in a crisis. Everyone notices, that we loose on economic terms while China is winning. And groups from outside the west get more and more influence (most prominently Islam).
So how can we turn this around? One answer might be Trump, but there will probably be better solutions if we think about these issues.
