Martin Schwander

Martin Schwander (born May 14, 1949 in Bern ) is a Swiss journalist and activist of the 1968 movement .

Life

Schwander grew up with two older brothers in Oberburg . He attended high school in Burgdorf . In the 1960s he frequented the “ Junkere 37 ” discussion cellar in Bern. Among other things, he wrote for the socialist information service Zeitdienst in Zurich , headed by Theo Pinkus , was involved in the peace movement (Easter March Biel – Bern 1964) and became known as a conscientious objector . At the beginning of November 1966, Schwander founded the "Group 67", also known as the "Forum for Progressive Art", in Burgdorf together with Walter Aeschlimann , Heinz Fankhauser , Toni Zimmermann and Peter Zünd . From 1969 he studied sociology and philosophy as a major and journalism as a minor at the University of Bern . He spent seven months in prison for refusing to serve in the military for political reasons and was then given a criminal record. In 1972 he was accepted at the School for Social Work in Gwatt (now the College for Social Work). Following his studies, he worked as a journalist and author, including in the Bern office of the Soviet news and press agency Novosti . In 1983 he became General Secretary of the Association of Swiss Student Unions .

In 2004 he was elected to the local council of Oberburg on the SP list, in 2008 he was re-elected with the best result on the SP list and the fourth best result of all candidates. He did not run for the 2012 elections.

Works (selection)

• arc. 2. Neutral red and west white , Lukianos-Verlag, 1967
• Patridiotisch , Lukianos-Verlag, 1969
• Island of Solidarity , Monsenstein and Vannerdat , 2010
• ... and the world , Monsenstein and Vannerdat, 2010

literature

• Bernhard C. Schär et al. (Ed.): Bern 68: Local history of a global awakening - events and memories. Hier + now, Baden 2008, ISBN 978-3-03919-078-2 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Martin Schwander in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Burgdorf high school student is allowed to go back to school. Thuner Tagblatt, February 16, 1967, p. 10.
2. ↑ Fredi Lerch : Mueller's way into paradise. Nonconformism in Bern in the sixties. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2001, ISBN 3-85869-218-2 , p. 420.
3. ↑ Refusal to serve with a political motive. Thuner Tagblatt, November 9, 1970, p. 4.
4. ^ Martin Schwander - a communist Swiss life in three acts for the time being. ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( MS Word ; 27 kB) Interview with Martin Schwander. In: Forward . August 15, 2009. 
5. ↑ Martin Schwander new VSS General Secretary. Thuner Tagblatt, December 9, 1983, p. 2.
6. ↑ http://www.oberburg.ch/de/politik/abwahlundwahlen/gemeindewahlen.php