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Repression against left-wing, anti-imperialist and Palestine-solidarity structures in Germany is increasingly aimed at undermining their economic means of existence.
Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/23/in-germany-critics-of-the-government-are-losing-their-bank-accounts-and-more/
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Dude. The bank accounts were closed due to US pressure on the swift system and had nothing to do with the German goverment. Same as the directors of Hateaid were embargoed.
It would actually a large propaganda win for these organisations if there was even the slightest goverment interference here as the supreme constitutional court has a pretty,well, harsh, opinion on that.
This is a propaganda outlet spreading pro-China narratives. This is pure authoritarian propaganda here.
Without reading this specific article on the topic, it is concerning nonetheless.
The Rote Hilfe had two bank accounts with two different banks canceled without having a reason provided. Same for other entities from left of the center, up to the German communist party.
The headline is at least sensationalist. It has little to do with Germany and a lot to do with the USA.
Kontokündigung wegen Antifa: Banken vollstrecken US-Politik in Deutschland
Translation:
Account termination due to Antifa: Banks enforce US politics in Germany
Banks are threatened by the USA and may loose access to e.g. SWIIFT. That seems to be the reason for the termination of the accounts.
Of course I do not support such terminations but Banks are threatened with death by a rogue foreign actor.
Yeah it is sensationalist and I didn’t double check this but apparently Chinese propaganda. Unfortunately they don’t need to lie here because it’s happened way too often that e.g. pro-Palestine activists also got debanked in the past.
Wish more of them would start using Monero.
Why is such a bullshit not deleted? This outlet is almost on the same level as RT and Sputnik and Xinhua. This is cheapest propaganda.
I opened the article. I saw that its something about the DKP. I closed the article. These Putin loving idiots can get stuffed for all I care.
Rote Hilfe is also targeted. That is a very important organization, kind of like ‘backbone infrastructure’ for antifascists.
Rote Hilfe and Anarchist Black Cross Dresden is the more relevant part, way beyond the Antifa Ost-case.
Your disclaimer is a tad on the mild side. This is a gross, and purposeful misrepresentation of facts.
Elaborate?
Those organizations were labeled as terrorists by the US. This means companies even remotely tied to US services can’t work with them unless they want to get hit by sanctions for supporting (supposedly) terrorist organizations. In case of banks this means no access to credit cards (Visa, Mastercard) or PayPal which is effectively a death sentence. So German banks are closing the accounts of these organizations. However, this is not on behalf of the German government but the US. So blaming Germany as a state is highly misleading.
No, those organizations are not labeled as terrorist organisations by the US. (source: https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/)
There is only one German organisation on this list, “Antifa Ost, aka Hammerbande”.
What you said is 100% true, but at least “Die rote Hilfe” has also been target of repression and investigations from originating from the German state. As far as I know they are tracking who donates to them, i have heard more than one time, that donating to them will get you put on an observation list of The German “Bundesverfassungsschutz”
Donating to or being a member of the “Rote Hilfe” also effectively bans you from working in civil service and is one of the organisations that legally you have to admit to being a member of during the application process for a job in civil service.
Well, rumours were that the German BaFin warnded GLS on behalf of the US. So, the German government IS involved as extended arm of the US.
