Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany
Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany Anarchistische Pogo-Partei Deutschlands | |
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| Abbreviation | APPD |
| Leader | Saskia "Omma" Schwabeland |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Newspaper | Armes Deutschland |
| Youth wing | Asocial Youth |
| Ideology | Political satire Pogo-Anarchism |
| Colors | Black & White |
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The Anarchistic Pogo Party of Germany (German: Anarchistische Pogo-Partei Deutschlands, or 'APPD') is the self-declared party of the Pöbel (mob) and "
The party took part in the 2005 German federal election with their chancellor candidate Wolfgang Wendland, who is also the lead singer of the German punk-band "Die Kassierer" ("The Cashiers"). The party has also been barred from elections for formal reasons.[1]
Aims
- Right to unemployment with full salary
- Youth pension instead of retirement pension
- Abolishment of compulsory education
- Creation of centers for physical love, so-called Mitfickzentralen (literally "fuckpooling centers")
- Abolition of police
- Legalization of all drugs
- Abolition of the right to demonstrate with prior announcement (abolition of distinction between permitted and not permitted)
- Totale Rückverdummung ("total restupidification") and balkanization of Germany
- Reconstitute the German borders from 1237 (a satire on the aim of some German extreme-right parties to restore the German borders during the time of Nazism and World War II, or World War I)
History
The party was founded in 1981 by two 17-year-olds with the nicknames "Zewa" (a leading paper towel brand) and "Kotze" (vomit). In the following years it was joined by many punks and organized many demonstrations, which were sometimes ended by the police, often leading to arrests. The party was dissolved in 1986, but was recreated in 1994 and soon chose to participate in elections. In the 1997
Theory of pogo-anarchism
The concept of Balkanisation is introduced to split up the country into different parts:
- "Asoziale Parasiten-Zonen" (APZ, asocial parasite zone) for pogo-anarchists and other asocials, who prefer not to work and rather drink, use drugs and have sex.
- "Sichere Beschäftigungs-Zonen" (SBZ, safe employment zone) for strait-laced workaholics who will finance the good life of the people in the APZ. This is a pun, since the SBZ in West-German use (used until late into the Willy Brandt-era by the conservative press) meant the Sowjetisch besetzte Zone (Soviet Occupied Zone) or Sowjetische Besatzungszone (Soviet Occupation Zone), the predecessor of the GDR.
- "Gewalt-Erlebnis-Parks" (GEP, violence theme parks) for incurable violent offenders, cops and Nazis with special areas set aside as ethnic theme parks for cultural minorities (such as lederhosen-wearing Bavarians), to avoid too close contact between these pogo races lest the pursuit of what each considers necessary for happiness suffers. These parks will be surrounded by very high walls and are located in former East Germany.
The APPD propagated the idea of a "youth pension", to replace the existing old-age pension. The idea was that people should enjoy life first, and work later.
They claim that pogo-anarchism has "nothing to do" with anarchism.
Slogans
Politik ist Scheiße! = Politics is shit!
Schule ist Scheiße! = School is shit!
Dumm und glücklich! = Dumb and happy!
Asoziale an die Macht! = Asocials to power!
Arbeit ist Scheiße! = Work is shit!
Scheißen ist Arbeit! = Shitting is work!
Fick Heil! = Hail Fuck! (see:
Meine Stimme für den Müll! = My vote for the trash!
Saufen, saufen, jeden Tag nur saufen! = Boozing, boozing, every day nothing but boozing!
See also
References
- ^ "German communists, anarchists barred from September election – DW – 07/09/2021". dw.com. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
External links
- (in German) APPD-Berlin website
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