(en) Germany, FAU - Direct Action #225 Sep/Oct - From the Content + Editorial (de)

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Business and Society ---- p3 If the audience wants to have a say - Interview with Maren 
M?ller, co-founder of the "Permanent Conference audience of public service media eV" ---- 
p4 "When such participation must syndicalist principles as guidelines apply. "- Works 
between dream and reality for self-government - a historical overview ---- p6 Free Falling 
by Free Trade - About the risks and side effects of TTIP ---- p7 Deny, delay, displace - 
The conflict with the Heinrich B?ll Foundation is a long distance running ---- Slow Motion 
---- p8 "So I will be a man in order to write -. Zenzl to 130th birthday of difficulty & 
80th anniversary of the death of Erich M?hsam ---- Global ---- p9 disaster and hope after 
the failure of the nation state - Interview with Dilar Dirik for Kurdish women's movement 
at the University of Cambridge to war and revolution in Kurdistan

p10 partial success for the self-managed Vio.Me - District Court of Thessaloniki rejects 
takeover of management by Vio.Me-old owner

p11 Theoretically nice thought - but in practice not so lived - A survey of employee 
participation and social reality in the Baltic countries

Background

p12 works astray? -- A Plea for political education

p13 Notes to the company "participation" - Critical outline of the Works Constitution Act

Culture

p14 forward, but not forgotten! - To recognize an application to the Commission for 
UNESCO, the workers Songs as Cultural Heritage

p15 A las barricadas! - Songs of the Spanish Civil War


Editorial

Loved Readers, maybe it was in the spring in your operation a council election. Maybe one 
or the other candidate has of you. One remains as before, from anarcho-syndicalist vision 
is the subject of hot debate as to be read in this issue. I personally think it makes 
sense to take a chance sometimes. In too many companies especially smaller sweatshops, 
thinks the boss, he can do whatever he wants. It is also a learning process, which may 
contribute to the development of one's personality, provided you do not be content with 
the passive role, but take your right to training was used and what they learned into 
practice an.Nun good, now some will say, a council member was chosen basically for four 
years and not so easily be deselected or the other would only rely on the council. But 
honestly, it's not even in clubs, projects or informal groups effectively so that usually 
only a few are active and then set the tone and the rest is happy with this circumstance 
to hear ist.Ebenfalls often that the Works Constitution Act to a trustful collaborations 
between council and the employer turns off within the meaning of the operation.

Such general principles do not forbid the action within the meaning of the workforce. In 
addition, the works council activity must not proceed apolitical. It is very possible on a 
company meeting, a pulse-Unit with social assessments to pack by a trade union secretary 
on the agenda. Another platform for social issues with a certain impact would be about the 
bulletin board. The council is also not prevented from making its decisions and 
discussions clear or involve colleagues. There are so few we Gestaltungsr?ume.Kommen to 
FAU. It is gratifying that some activities are recorded and more and more people join us. 
Currently, the comrades in Berlin before the Swedish school fight against arbitrary 
practices. In some cities make syndicates with the wage levels talked about.

Nevertheless, the current main focus is decision-making processes in society, even for 
an organization with flat hierarchies and supposedly not an exciting affair for 
intra-group self-reflection. After all, who sets the tone in structures, which depend 
strongly on voluntary participation and initiative? Most people with time and / or 
material resources. That's a downside of libertarian groups, so a solidarity handling in 
any relationship prerequisite to the emancipatory claims is to do justice.

Enjoy reading and reflection,
Christian Horn

As of now, the "Direct Action" a new price. After we were able to keep the price for years 
and have it eaten up even our financial resources, we must take this step now. The reasons 
are, as with other leaves, always the same. Paper prices rise, rising postage costs, and 
so on. Particularly hard hit us the abolition of the sales tax exemption for postage. 
Since the bill was higher at a stroke by almost a fifth. We have also decided consciously 
for a "bigger" step of 50 cents. Anything else would have already anticipated that we 
would have to turn again to the price spiral in one or two years. We hope you go this step 
with the " DA ".