Liberation (magazine)

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Liberation was the title of two German-language anarchist magazines from 1948 to 1997, published in Mülheim an der Ruhr (1948 to 1978) and in Graz (Austria, 1976 to 1997).

Mülheim an der Ruhr (1948 to 1978)

This magazine appeared with changing subtitles, 1948: Social Revolutionary Papers , 1950: Journal of the Independent Workers Union , 1952: Anarchist Organ . After 1952 organ of the Federation of German Anarchists and papers for anarchist worldview . With 31 years, Liberation was probably the longest published anarchist publication in German. The publication of the magazine was preceded by a circular from Willy Huppertz in 1947 . The edition of the exemption fluctuated between 150 and 300 copies. In terms of content, the paper was against (renewed) fascism and communist state dictatorship as well as against all emergency laws (1967). The editors were Willy Huppertz (1948), the Independent Workers' Union (1951), the Anarchist Association Berlin (1959), the Anarcho-Syndicate in Cologne (1973) and Ralf Stein. Many editions contained topic supplements that supplemented the content of individual issues: Council system or free trade union (Willy Huppertz), What is human-social freedom (Ferdinand Groß). 1949 a discussion supplement "for all anti-state, free-socialist people and movements". The anarchist paper The young anti-authoritarian was published in 1948 by Huppertz and Uwe Timm and supplied as a supplement to the liberation . "The young anti-authoritarian" was officially published at short notice from 1954 to 1955. In No. 1 from 1950 the circular Paris of the "Commission of the Anarchist International" (CRIA) was attached.

Because of the support of the Baader Meinhof Group , various issues of the magazine including sales materials were confiscated on February 7, 1972 in Cologne and Mülheim an der Ruhr. In 1975 Ralf Stein was sentenced to one year in prison without parole for incitement to hatred , denigration of the Federal Republic of Germany and support of the "Baader-Meinhof Group". Articles by Günther Freitag, Brigitte Sehlz, U. Timm, Daniel Cohn-Bendit , Michael Grüttner, Hugo Prägel and others appeared in the anarcho-syndicalist- oriented journal. From January 1949 to April 1950, the publisher Rudolf Oestreich published the publication Der Freie Arbeiter in Berlin ; this magazine merged in May 1950 with the Mülheim liberation . The anarchist United Sheets were edited by Willy Huppertz and Rudolf Oestreich (1950 to 1951) and were created through the amalgamation of Liberation and The Free Worker . The joint merger failed and only exemption continued to appear.

Graz (1976 to 1997)

The predecessor of the liberation of Graz was a pamphlet containing information on the unruly socialist-anarchists from the editors Reinhard Umek and Ferdinand Groß (1908–1998). In an edition of 1000 copies, the three pamphlets that were published were distributed free of charge and used in terms of printing and content as an "exercise sheet". With the title Liberation Cologne , a zero number published in a few copies was printed which was also taken over by the volumes of the Cologne magazine. The goal was to have its own magazine, which resulted in the liberation of Graz . The Freedom Socialist Magazine appeared quarterly with a circulation between 500 and 1,500 copies. In No. 9 of 1976, page 20, the self-image of the magazine was formulated, Liberation represents the idea of communist anarchism , it contains current and theoretical articles. It always brings treatises on anarchism, its history, goals and principles . The magazine saw itself in the tradition of the journal Knowledge and Liberation (1918–1933) edited by Pierre Ramus and the Liberation (Mülheim an der Ruhr) published by W. Huppertz and others . The editors were Reinhard Umek, Eberhard Riedel and Ferdinand Groß. Groß was convicted twice on the basis of articles. In No. 1 there was a text by Johann Most , Die Gottespest und die Religionsseuche . According to the then Austrian Penal Code, Paragraph 188, this was a “degradation and ridicule of an existing religious community”. The "Liberation" contained texts and articles by Pierre Ramus, Francisco Ferrer, Eberhard Riedel, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Klaus Haag, Albert Einstein , Peter Bernhardi, Willy Huppertz , George Hepp, Christa Hacker, Heiner Koechlin , Helene Krammer, Erich Mühsam , Peter Kropotkin , Errico Malatesta , Kurt Zube , Horst Stowasser , Augustin Souchy and others.

further reading

Books

  • Günter Bartsch : Anarchism in Germany . 1945-1965. Volume 1, pages 57-58. Fackelträger-Verlag, Hanover 1972. ISBN 3-7716-1331-0
  • Holger Jenrich: Anarchist Press in Germany 1945–1985 (dissertation at the Philosophical Faculty of the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster). Libertarian Science, Volume 6. Nevertheless publishing house , Grafenau-Döfflingen 1988. ISBN 3-922209-75-0
  • Gerda Fellay, Reinhard Müller (ed.): From the life of an Austrian anarchist and anti-militarist. Ferdinand Groß (1908–1998) . Editions Entraide / Verlag Mutual Help, Lausanne 2000, ISBN 3-906261-04-2

Magazines

  • Holger Jenrich: History of the anarchist magazine “Liberation” . In: Schwarzer Faden , No. 28

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See: Günter Bartsch : Anarchismus in Deutschland
  2. ↑ See: Reinhard Müller: From the life of an Austrian anarchist. Ferdinand Gross