ALFRED MARQUART do, but they would accept nuclear power plants if they were "in the hands of the proletariat". The German Communist Party, which succeded the old KPD, forbidden in 1956, sees the CAG's as a part of a class struggle. It supports their resistance movement against atomic power plants in Germany. These communist parties not only ignore the fact that two atomic power plants already exist in the "better Germany" - the German Democratic Republic -, they even approve of them, for they are "under working class control". The Communist Association of West Germany (KBW), a Maoist organisation with approx. 2,000 members, sees no point in CAG activities unless they unite in support of a "Platform for the struggle against the imperialist energy program" .(21) Yet their position is split, as is that of the Communist Association (KB), the KPD (Maoist), and the KPD/ML (Communist Party of Germany/Marxist-Leninist). On the one hand, they are against atomic power plants in capitalist countries, but on the other, they demand "worker control" for nuclear power plant construction. In the struggle for leadership within citizen's action groups they act like all left wing parties: they totally ignore the needs of the persons who founded the action groups in the first place. They fight against the other parties, slander their intentions and emphasize their own importance. This is probably the clearest way to describe the tactics of the "left wing parties". * * * In contrast to this, there is a great deal of cooperation and participation from the undogmatic left, the so-called "Spontis" ("spontaneous"), libertarians, and anarchists. They do not take part in CAG's to take over leadership but rather because they are, in many cases, an integral part of the movement. The goals and situation of the CAG's are well described in a position paper written by the Kcilner Heinzelmenschen (Cologne Dwarves), a libertarian socialist group that existed until the middle of the 70's: (21) Kommunistisches Volkszeilung, 12.5.1977. p. 15. 74
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