Remember Benno Ohnesorg!

Today 2 June Juche 99, is the 43rd anniversary of the murder of German student, Benno Ohnesorg. Today in Juche 56, Ohnesorg was murdered by police officers of the Federal Republic of Germany while protesting a visit from the Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi. The shah and his wife were making a visit to the Berlin Opera house, in West Berlin. The Shah and his wife were met by protesters led by German leftist inspired students and Persian students who were protesting the treatment of Persian peasants, intellectuals and communists. The Shah and his wife were unfortunate enough to hear the protester’s shouts of Murder! The government of the Federal Republic of Germany paid Persians to carry signs welcoming and supporting the Shah to ensure that no protest was audible. Many of these paid Persians were members of SAVAK, the Shah’s secret police, who were among some of the worst torturers and assassins since Hitler’s Gestapo.
Violence broke out when the SAVAK agents broke their placards and began beating the unarmed protesters. The SAVAK agents beat unarmed women which forced the protesters to defend themselves. The protesters implored the police for help, but the police ignored their cries for assistance, instead the police joined forces with SAVAK and took out the bludgeons and beat more of the protesters. The police then broke out tear gas to disperse the protesters, during the chaos that it caused, an agent of the Federal Republic gunned down the 27 year old student, Benno Ohnesorg.
This terrorist act sponsored by the Federal Republic of Germany has gone on to inspire many great revolutionary groups such as the Red Army Faction and the 2 June Movement. These revolutionary groups began their struggle after witnessing these atrocious acts. These revolutionaries have fought and died for the memory of Benno Ohnesorg and many others who have died fighting the imperialist states of the U.S. and West Germany. Today we should remember comrade Ohnesorg along with other revolutionaries who fought for his cause, Ulrike Meinhof, Rudi Dutschke, Gudrun Ensslin, Andreas Baader, Jan-Carl Raspe and Holger Meins.