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Following the call to a protest  against the police persecutions of anti-imperialists in Ireland, the Struggle Committee reports that a manifestation in solidarity with Anti-Imperialist Action Ireland (AIA) took place on April 19th in Oslo, the capital of Norway.

Last week,Wednesday the final exams were supposed to start in NRW. However, due to download problems from the ministry to the schools, the ripcord had to be pulled at 8:30 p.m. on the eve of the exams and the ministry announced: All exams are canceled and postponed for two days. The problem was triggered by the changeover to a new IT infrastructure by the authorities.

We publish an statement of the Communist Party of the Philippines.

Tiamzons, Catbalogan 10 were held captive, tortured and cowardly killed by the AFP in US-directed operations

Marco Valbuena | Chief Information Officer | Communist Party of the Philippines

April 20, 2023

This week, the Red Collective Bremen mobilised for a presentation on the mass protests in France against the pension reform of Macron's government. After an introduction about the political situation in France and the necessity of the reform for French imperialism, the development of the protests since the beginning of the year was described in detail, focusing on the French masses' unwavering willingness to struggle.

Colonia Dignidad (translated as "Colony of Dignity") is one of the darkest chapters of the FRG's foreign policy. In 1961, the German paedophile Paul Schäfer and other German emigrants built a settlement in the middle of the Chilean countryside. In this religious sect settlement, hundreds of people were killed, tortured and abused for over four decades - with the knowledge and protection of the German embassy in Chile. German involvement even went so far that German diplomats brought the escaped victims of abuse back to the settlement at that time. During the time of the bloody military dictatorship under Augusto Pinochet, the Chilean secret service DINA, with the support of Paul Schäfer, set up a prison camp on the site. The fate and whereabouts of the prisoners have not been clarified to this day. In the meantime, numerous perpetrators from Colonia Dignidad are living in Germany. There has been no criminal prosecution! All preliminary proceedings have been dropped. Nothing remains for the victims and their relatives. Not even a place of mourning. The former torture site is now a tourist attraction. Now tourists can enjoy "Bavarian cuisine" at the torture site, which is now called Villa Baviera (translated "Bavarian village").

Yesterday, Saturday, the Alliance against Imperialist Aggression (BgiA) organised a manifestation at the Steindamm in Hamburg and denounced the renewed attacks of Israel on the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Gaza Strip, as well as the repression against the supporters of the Palestinian struggle here in the FRG. Especially the repression against the comrades of Samidoun, whose demonstration was banned by the Berlin police, was condemned. In the past week, there have also been calls from senior German politicians for Samidoun to be banned.

The traffic light government has now set out its plans for the long-announced legalization of cannabis, which were already mentioned in the cornerstone papers of the coalition agreement at the end of 2021. In the future, it is to be legal to grow up to three cannabis plants of one's own via so-called "cannabis clubs" with a maximum of 500 members and to obtain up to 25 grams of cannabis per day and a maximum of 50 grams per month there. At a later date, sales via regional specialized stores and commercial supply chains will also be pushed.