On December 5th, over 200 people in Osnabrück answered the call to
strike at a school against conscription. Particularly encouraging: the
vast majority were students! We gave the following speech: ---- We have
gathered here to strike against the reintroduction of conscription and,
in particular, to support you students, most of whom are directly
affected by the current regulations.
These new regulations will have serious consequences for your lives and
all of our futures.
You probably all have goals for your time after school. Some might want
to do an apprenticeship, study, or take a gap year abroad. Others might
be thinking: "Anything to get out of the school system." But what
probably none of you are thinking is:
"Great, off to the trenches!"
Regardless of what your goals have ever been - the government has
decided for you. First, you get to do some basic military training.
You'll learn how to operate firearms, how to kill people with them, how
to obey orders, and how to defend your "beloved fatherland" with your
own life.
A life that should actually be entirely ahead of you and within your
control.
But what for, exactly? What supposed "fatherland" are you supposed to be
defending here? A country that has given you so little in your short
life? I, too, was a student not so long ago.
During the pandemic - outside of lockdowns - we sat in cold schools.
Technical problems like internet outages and overloaded servers were
commonplace. Some classmates couldn't actively participate in class
because their families simply couldn't afford the necessary equipment.
But before the pandemic comes after the pandemic:
Many school buildings have been dilapidated for ages. Classes are held
in containers - the funding is lacking. Teachers are overwhelmed, and
students aren't getting the education they deserve. We need new books,
new technology, and, to be honest, a completely different school system,
but there's no money for it.
Sure, after three years in a container, it'll probably be better in the
barracks, because we see:
Our beloved fatherland has plenty of money for weapons and tanks!
But later, after school, things will surely get better.
Nope.
Look forward to 12-hour workdays, expensive apartments, expensive food,
climate catastrophe, and a world riddled with war.
And you're right in the middle of it.
It's clear where the state's priorities lie. Not with you students, not
with workers. And that's systematic. Students are supposed to be future
workers who generate profit for others, but as students, you don't
generate any profit.
And in this system, anything that doesn't generate profit is always
particularly vulnerable to sanctions and austerity measures.
Billions are available for the German armed forces and rearmament, which
then translates into cuts in schools or, for example, healthcare.
This means the biggest attack on the poor in over 20 years, meaning
total sanctions on basic income support.
Were you, as a generation, ever asked if you wanted this? Were you ever
given a chance to participate in this decision? Did anyone care what you
had to say about it?
Of course not.
The government doesn't care. It decides for you. Students like you are
sent as cannon fodder to other countries. Children and young people like
you, with dreams and hopes for your future. But even you have been
deprived of this choice.
Up there, people rule who aren't affected by any of this, whose own
children will never be affected. They won't go into the trenches
themselves. They will never have to take up arms. For them, you are the
ones supposed to "defend" the country, while they conveniently evade
responsibility themselves.
They don't care what happens to the people in this country. The only
thing this state cares about is capitalist interests.
And yes, in the past, we did get a few crumbs of the pie for the smooth
functioning of this economy, but now those crumbs are being cut. We're
simply supposed to do what the government wants. But we won't stand for it.
Regardless of what others think, your future is at stake right here and
now. Otherwise, you'll have just as little choice as the Ukrainian or
Russian students were allowed to make-don't forget that on the other
side of the trenches are just as many people who were never asked.
To avoid any misunderstanding: The Russian war of aggression is
unjustifiable.Those who subscribe to this logic are among our adversaries.
This must be understood within the context of an escalating crisis of
capitalism. Not just the West and Russia, but the entire world is
heading towards war, in which states are increasingly attempting to
enforce their interests through military means - human rights are not a
consideration. We must reject this logic.
However hopeless it may seem, there is no other option than to connect
and network on both sides of the front line with deserters, those who
sabotage, the strikers, and ultimately, the people who pay for this war,
often with their lives, and to betray the logic of war. This cannot be
done unilaterally, otherwise we will be taking sides, but we have to
start somewhere.
Together, we can stand up against this pressure, against the
government's attempts to diminish us and its executive bodies.
We must stick together; we must not abandon our fellow human beings, our
classmates. It is crucial that we all, and especially you as those
directly affected, oppose the introduction of this conscription. Let's
raise our voices together and not let them intimidate you. Stand up for
yourselves! Show what you want, and even more importantly, what you
don't want.
This is about you, your lives, your future, which the government is
simply replanning without giving you any say in the matter.
So let's show right here, on the streets, on social media, in cinemas,
on trains, and everywhere in public, what we think. Let's be loud
together and make our voices heard!
The government won't be able to remain deaf forever if we get louder and
louder! Our future belongs to us, not to some people in parliament!
https://likos.noblogs.org/2025/12/06/schulstreik-gegen-die-wehrpflicht-am-05-12-2025-redebeitrag/
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strike at a school against conscription. Particularly encouraging: the
vast majority were students! We gave the following speech: ---- We have
gathered here to strike against the reintroduction of conscription and,
in particular, to support you students, most of whom are directly
affected by the current regulations.
These new regulations will have serious consequences for your lives and
all of our futures.
You probably all have goals for your time after school. Some might want
to do an apprenticeship, study, or take a gap year abroad. Others might
be thinking: "Anything to get out of the school system." But what
probably none of you are thinking is:
"Great, off to the trenches!"
Regardless of what your goals have ever been - the government has
decided for you. First, you get to do some basic military training.
You'll learn how to operate firearms, how to kill people with them, how
to obey orders, and how to defend your "beloved fatherland" with your
own life.
A life that should actually be entirely ahead of you and within your
control.
But what for, exactly? What supposed "fatherland" are you supposed to be
defending here? A country that has given you so little in your short
life? I, too, was a student not so long ago.
During the pandemic - outside of lockdowns - we sat in cold schools.
Technical problems like internet outages and overloaded servers were
commonplace. Some classmates couldn't actively participate in class
because their families simply couldn't afford the necessary equipment.
But before the pandemic comes after the pandemic:
Many school buildings have been dilapidated for ages. Classes are held
in containers - the funding is lacking. Teachers are overwhelmed, and
students aren't getting the education they deserve. We need new books,
new technology, and, to be honest, a completely different school system,
but there's no money for it.
Sure, after three years in a container, it'll probably be better in the
barracks, because we see:
Our beloved fatherland has plenty of money for weapons and tanks!
But later, after school, things will surely get better.
Nope.
Look forward to 12-hour workdays, expensive apartments, expensive food,
climate catastrophe, and a world riddled with war.
And you're right in the middle of it.
It's clear where the state's priorities lie. Not with you students, not
with workers. And that's systematic. Students are supposed to be future
workers who generate profit for others, but as students, you don't
generate any profit.
And in this system, anything that doesn't generate profit is always
particularly vulnerable to sanctions and austerity measures.
Billions are available for the German armed forces and rearmament, which
then translates into cuts in schools or, for example, healthcare.
This means the biggest attack on the poor in over 20 years, meaning
total sanctions on basic income support.
Were you, as a generation, ever asked if you wanted this? Were you ever
given a chance to participate in this decision? Did anyone care what you
had to say about it?
Of course not.
The government doesn't care. It decides for you. Students like you are
sent as cannon fodder to other countries. Children and young people like
you, with dreams and hopes for your future. But even you have been
deprived of this choice.
Up there, people rule who aren't affected by any of this, whose own
children will never be affected. They won't go into the trenches
themselves. They will never have to take up arms. For them, you are the
ones supposed to "defend" the country, while they conveniently evade
responsibility themselves.
They don't care what happens to the people in this country. The only
thing this state cares about is capitalist interests.
And yes, in the past, we did get a few crumbs of the pie for the smooth
functioning of this economy, but now those crumbs are being cut. We're
simply supposed to do what the government wants. But we won't stand for it.
Regardless of what others think, your future is at stake right here and
now. Otherwise, you'll have just as little choice as the Ukrainian or
Russian students were allowed to make-don't forget that on the other
side of the trenches are just as many people who were never asked.
To avoid any misunderstanding: The Russian war of aggression is
unjustifiable.Those who subscribe to this logic are among our adversaries.
This must be understood within the context of an escalating crisis of
capitalism. Not just the West and Russia, but the entire world is
heading towards war, in which states are increasingly attempting to
enforce their interests through military means - human rights are not a
consideration. We must reject this logic.
However hopeless it may seem, there is no other option than to connect
and network on both sides of the front line with deserters, those who
sabotage, the strikers, and ultimately, the people who pay for this war,
often with their lives, and to betray the logic of war. This cannot be
done unilaterally, otherwise we will be taking sides, but we have to
start somewhere.
Together, we can stand up against this pressure, against the
government's attempts to diminish us and its executive bodies.
We must stick together; we must not abandon our fellow human beings, our
classmates. It is crucial that we all, and especially you as those
directly affected, oppose the introduction of this conscription. Let's
raise our voices together and not let them intimidate you. Stand up for
yourselves! Show what you want, and even more importantly, what you
don't want.
This is about you, your lives, your future, which the government is
simply replanning without giving you any say in the matter.
So let's show right here, on the streets, on social media, in cinemas,
on trains, and everywhere in public, what we think. Let's be loud
together and make our voices heard!
The government won't be able to remain deaf forever if we get louder and
louder! Our future belongs to us, not to some people in parliament!
https://likos.noblogs.org/2025/12/06/schulstreik-gegen-die-wehrpflicht-am-05-12-2025-redebeitrag/
_________________________________________
A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E
By, For, and About Anarchists
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