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A Marx reading group has been found to be anti-constitutional by a Hamburg court. As capitalist crisis continues to worsen, attempts to limit knowledge will get more and more intensive. (taz.de)

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[–] CleverOleg@hexbear.net 43 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

(Translated from German):

However, the detailed written judgment is about more. The court discusses the question of whether the study of Marxist theory is basically compatible with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). It finds: "The activity of the plaintiff, centered on the theories of Karl Marx, is in principle in contradiction to the liberal democratic basic order."

The fact that the works and teachings of Karl Marx were at the center of the activities of the Masch is already clearly evident from the name "Marxist Evening School", the court found. A problem because: "The social theory founded by Marx (...) should not be compatible in essential points with the (...) principles of the liberal democratic basic order." In the oral announcement of the judgment in April, the court had not yet made the point.

Incredible. It sounds like the court is trying to say that even studying Marx should be illegal, jfc