Alliance for Social Justice and Human Dignity

Alliance for Social Justice and Human Dignity e. V. ; (BüSGM)
purpose	Promotion of political education
Chair:	Dietrich, Julius, Nätebusch
Establishment date:	2006
Seat :	Berlin

The Alliance for Social Justice and Human Dignity e. V. ( BüSGM ) advocates compliance with human rights, among other things. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights is one of the foundations of its work . The highlight of the association's events is the awarding of the prize for solidarity and human dignity.

founding

The BüSGM was initiated in 2005 by the trade unionists Peter Dietrich ( GEW ), Gert Julius ( ver.di ) and Lothar Nätebusch ( IG BAU ) and founded in 2006 as a non-profit association.

Self-image

The association essentially aligns its activities with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights . In the statutes the association undertakes to

Promotion of the democratic state through the preservation and promotion of democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany,
Organization of public events on political issues,
Honoring and recognizing people who are actively committed to promoting the democratic state, solidarity and human dignity,
Submission of offers on political and historical education.

Membership in the association is possible regardless of affiliation to parties and other organizations, as long as these are not directed against the goals of the association. The association develops its entire activity according to the principles of solidarity and mutual respect.

Prize for solidarity and human dignity

The association awards the prize for solidarity and human dignity every year .

The previous winners and honorary members are:

2006 the writer Gisela Steineckert and the actor Rolf Becker
2007 the theater director Manfred Wekwerth
2008 the Cuban Five and the managing director of the publishing house 8. Mai GmbH (publishing house of the newspaper Junge Welt ), Dietmar Koschmieder
In 2009 the former army general and Minister for Defense of the GDR, Heinz Keßler , and the actress Renate Richter
2010 the editor-in-chief of the monthly RotFuchs , Klaus Steiniger , and the journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal
2011 the President of the Republic of Cuba, Rául Castro Ruz
In 2012 the Buchenwald-Dora and Kommandos camp work group and the former cyclist Gustav-Adolf ("Täve") Schur
2013 the editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Junge Welt , Arnold Schölzel , and the chairman of the GRH eV , lawyer Hans Bauer
2014 Rainer Rupp and the managing director of ISOR eV , Wolfgang Schmidt
2015 the songwriter Konstantin Wecker
In 2016 the musician and Auschwitz survivor Esther Bejarano
In 2017 the Left Party MP Sevim Dağdelen
2018 Hans Reichelt and Gina Pietsch

Honorary members

Honorary membership was awarded to the following people:

to the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba (2005–2009) in Germany Gerardo Peñalver Portal
to the doctor Peter Bär
to the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba in Germany Rául Becerra
to the chairman of the Buchenwald-Dora camp working group Günter Pappenheim .

activities

In 2007 a discussion event organized by the BüSGM on the work of the secret services in the Tempelhof town hall was canceled. The district mayor of Tempelhof-Schöneberg had the approval for the event withdrawn after it became known that former Stasi officers were to perform there.

Every year in May, the Alliance for Social Justice and Human Dignity organizes the event “Red Songs Against Brown Mob”, in which anti-fascists take part.