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Reflection on the
Volksstimmefest
Leftunity www.farah-notash.com
We can greatly
appreciate and express our gratitude to the hard working KPO-activists, who
arranged and organized the Volksstimmefest Vienna 2008.The event, nearly all
the leftists, parties, organizations and individuals showed their active
cooperation, and the attending people enjoyed very generous entertainments.
Lots of various
different foods to eat, many things to buy, and many concerts to listen and
watch. Even possibilities to watch sport matches like Judo-contest and
funfairs for children, as well as organized first aid people and charity
ambulance. Many thanks for all these well organized gatherings, which
brought many different activities together in the last two days of August.
With a quick look at the
history and background of the Volksstimmefest, we see that it was founded by
the KPO in 1946, with great political goals. Many socialist countries were
invited. They used to present their progress in social and technical
development. There was always attendance of the people of Vienna and
provinces, as to similar events, EL Pais in Madrid, Humanite in Paris,
others in Italy and northern Germany and many other European countries, are
run and organized at the same time.
With a glance at the ten
past years, the question is, how much have we been able to move forward?
Who are we? The leftists.
What is forward?
Achieving the rights for
the working class, "both physical and mental workers" and consequently
obtaining social justice for the entire society, while class distinctions
are growing extremely fast in the whole world, how many members have we been
able to send to the parliament?
Here in Austria which is
rather a democratic country, do the leftists have a daily paper?
What is their share of
programs on the radio and TV?
How are the Leftists
progressing in communicating and approaching the working class, or are they
just contented with sitting in their own corners?
What are the statistical
improvements and true signs of positive changes in connection with struggles
for the working class?
Let us face the facts
and do not deceive ourselves, the people who attended the Volksstimmefest
were fully interested in the food, shops, entertainments and the different
concerts in various parts. The people showed the least interest in the
written materials of the leftists and the speeches. The people ignored the
leftists in the event held by them. They came, they drank, ate and enjoyed
free entertainment and never asked what their host had to say.
They participated as in
any ordinary festivity searching for fun and free entertainment.
This is the situation
which is getting more and more critical each year.
The evidence is the
pathetic number of votes the leftists have received in the country every
year.
In the Volksstimmefest
except Cuba we have no other socialist countries, and we feel increasing
agony due to the expansion of imperialism and the imperialists being able to
continue without any anxiety at the current globalistic stage. This has been
the rising fact for the past ten years
What was the goal of the
fest?
If we do not achieve any
success moving towards our goal we have to change our method and policies
If the imperialists are
right, and we have no points for us to struggle, then lets give up, they are
much better entertainers than us. But if we have something to say and we are
aiming at changing the course and direction of the movement and consequently
the world, we have to be intelligent, we have to be creative, stop all the
inefficient activities, do not do them again and again as routine procedure.
That is waste of time and energy. Giving food and cloth in the consumer
society which is fully bombarded by advertising companies used by
capitalists.
While the movement in
here is just like walking in tar, and this still deteriorating, unchanging
leftists position does not make any one stand up and do something about it,
the Volksstimmefest becomes a simple tradition.
Please let us wake up.
Please let us face the
tragic forceful realities destroying human life.
Please let us not play
and waste time and energy any longer. Look at the statistics showing what
the world loses in human rights and dignity every minute.
Please let us unite, and
put our thoughts and ideas together for every serious step towards building
the future.
Let us preserve the good
steps our dear comrades took 1946.
Please let us make the
next Volksstimmefest truly a political event, with heartful of leftist
political ideas, culture and art, to reach the people's heart. For that we
have to unite now.
We have limited time,
not centuries.
We need to be more
sincere and truthful to our goal.
PS: As the
Volksstimmefest is not at all a commercial event, the leftists should never
pay for the place. This can only occur when we unite.
Some unhappy mothers
were complaining about high expenses of foods, childrens’ games and the
toilets, and accusing the communists charging them high, not knowing the
place needs to be paid for.
Farah Notash
www.farah-notash.com
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