Renegade former leader of Die Linke among organisers of rally opposing western weapons exports to Ukraine
A “peace rally” due to take place in Berlin this weekend condemning western weapons exports tohas been criticised by the leadership of the leftwing party Die Linke for failing to distance itself from far-right groups that have announced their attendance.
In a TV interview on Wednesday, Wagenknecht said she did not want to see neo-Nazi symbols at her protest, but she fell short of uninviting groups of a nationalist persuasion. In the weeks since its release, however, the manifesto has also been embraced by the far right. Among the half a million signatures since added to the online petition is that of Tino Chrupalla, a co-leader of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party, while a link to the manifesto has been shared online by Hans-Christian Strache, the disgraced former leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom party.
Kässmann also announced she would not join the rally, decrying the lack of condemnation of “nationalist and misanthropic persons and groups”.
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