Vote of the majority

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The Working Group of Free Publicists, Writers and Scientists in the Association of Self-Employed Persons (BDS) - Voice of the Majority is an association of right-wing conservative and national- liberal people for journalistic matters. She sees herself as an "association of free-thinking writers , journalists , publishers and scientists who agree on conservative and liberal ideas." Her main concerns are "socio-political concerns that are outside of the classic middle- class policy."

It was founded on the initiative of the general manager of the Federal Association of Self-Employed North Rhine-Westphalia (BDS NRW), Joachim Schäfer , on November 8, 1996 in Dortmund and again on May 8, 1997 in Munich . After a request from journalists about the connections of the majority vote to the far right , the state association of North Rhine-Westphalia claimed in 2003 that the group was not a “working group of the BDS NRW” and the logo of the BDS and other references to the BDS used up to that point were dated website of the voice of the majority removed. The President of the Federal Association of the Confederation of Self-Employed People, Robert Kurz, also kept his distance: “It cannot be that we have a hinge function and, above all, that it is possible to promote right-wing extremist ideas through the association. We will definitely set the limit there. "

Positions

The merger wants to "oppose the left-wing cartel within large parts of the 'writing guild' with a powerful alternative". In terms of content, it is about "the long overdue intellectual and moral renewal in Germany, about the recognition and promotion of those willing to perform in business and society and, last but not least, about representing the interests of their own people." Helmut Kellershohn describes the concern of the majority as follows: "The safeguarding of 'entrepreneurial freedom' presupposes the fight against the alleged socialism of the federal republican welfare state , which must be carried out in the name of a national consciousness freed from the 'shadows of the past' ." In "Universitas Verlag" and "Aton Verlag" appear joint publications ; the magazine Kompass - polemical for politics and the media serves as the organ .

The voice of the majority wants to work against the "epidemic social and asylum abuse " and the further influx of foreigners; in the regulars' table - she sees nothing deterring about populism .

The founding members include journalists, politicians, scientists and entrepreneurs from the national liberal and right-wing conservative environment. This includes

The association sees itself closely networked through membership and cooperation

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anton Maegerle : Author network in the gray area. She leaves between conservatism and right-wing extremism . In: Stephan Braun , Daniel Hörsch (ed.): Right networks, a danger . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften , Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-8100-4153-X , p. 36.
  2. ↑ a b Association of SMEs: Home for right-wing extremists? (pdf) Article in the WDR magazine Monitor from November 20, 2003.
  3. ^ Website of the Voice of the Majority : Tasks and Objectives , accessed on February 12, 2008
  4. ↑ Ekkehard Jänicke on Telepolis : Voice of the majority? The honorable circles behind Mr. Hohmann - results of a foray , November 13, 2003, accessed on February 12, 2008
  5. ↑ Helmut Kellershohn : The double game of Junge Freiheit using the example of the Hohmann affair . In: Stephan Braun, Daniel Hörsch (ed.): Right networks, a danger . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften , Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-8100-4153-X , p. 86.
  6. ↑ Pieper: RIGHT: Voice from the regulars' table . In: Der Spiegel . No. 29 , 1997, pp. 18 ( online - 14 July 1997 ).
  7. ↑ Right: Voice of the Stammtisch , Der Spiegel , July 14, 1997
  8. ↑ Erika Steinbach, Die Unbeugsame , Rhein-Zeitung , November 30, 2009
  9. ↑ cf. Potsdam carillon