Junge Freiheit (literally "Young Freedom") is the most influential paper of "academic" right-wing extremism in Germany. The Berlin weekly espouses volkish nationalism
along with historical revisionism. The paper is generally shunned by
the German political establishment and has caught the attention of German
authorities for its extremism and anti-democratic point of view. But
the editors of Junge Freiheit have a new model for political engagement that they want to transplant to Germany: the US Tea Party movement.
This week's issue of Junge Freiheit has a breathless report
on the Tea Party along with an interview with one of its leaders. Amy
Kremer. Below are some excerpts from the article :
Ask what you can do for your country. Millions of Americans are doing
just that thee days and have a practical response: They sacrifice their
time, their energy and their money to join in with the "Tea Party"
movement. They are acting against the tax and borrow left-wing regime
of Barack Obama and his elite cadre who are systematically looting the
country while disenfranchising the people.
The editors are convinced that Germany needs a Tea Party as well, since the "socialists" have all but destroyed the nation.
To German ears it sounds like a fairy tale from the New World. The same
kind of state intervention and disenfranchisement, which is driving the
Americans into the streets, is much worse here, thanks to the
socialists and social democrats of all stripes from all the different
parties we have.
But the editors are skeptical that such a grass-roots movement could
ever succeed in Germany. For one thing, it would face a hostile
established media in Germany, whereas the US media is sympathetic to
the Tea Partiers (they are correct on this point!). Still, one can
dream.
Enough with the tax and debt madness. We don't just want to keep giving
our money to the elites and the state bureaucrats who are ruining our
lives. No longer will we throw our money down the throats of the
parasites and bankers who sell us out to the functionaries of European
Union. The message of the American "tea party" movement can be
translated without much difficulty to Germany What are we waiting for?
SO, these are the German fans of the Tea Party. Interestingly enough, Junge Freiheit is also aligned with the US Webzine Alternative Right, the mouthpiece of "intellectual" racism.
