FAU Hamburg is part of the Hamburg Alliance Against Employment Bans. This was established because the Hamburg coalition agreement stipulated that, prior to hiring for public service—including before the start of any training program—all applicants must undergo a security screening by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. The rationale is to ensure the state’s resilience against “extremists” and, explicitly, against alleged enemies of the constitution.
Implementation is scheduled to begin in April 2026, subject to final approval by the Hamburg Parliament. We refuse to accept this and, in light of the imminent implementation, are calling on everyone to take to the streets together on March 21 at 12 pm. We call on the Hamburg City Parliament to withdraw the planned reintroduction of routine inquiries by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution!
Protecting democracy cannot be ensured simply by submitting a request for information to the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. At a time when resilience and the promotion of democracy are needed more than ever, this law cannot be the solution. That is why we urge you to join us in speaking out and let us make it clear just how important civic engagement is!
In early February, we had already reported on how NH Hotels had fired two colleagues from Barcelona after they had campaigned for better working conditions at their workplace. On Saturday, March 14, we spoke with employees at three NH Hotels locations here in Hamburg and told them about how their colleagues in Spain are being treated. The employees were visibly moved by this and expressed their solidarity. We also wanted to speak with their managers, but while the employees have to work hard even on Saturdays and Sundays, the bosses apparently are never there on the weekend… We did manage to reach one of them by phone. He listened to us briefly, but then didn’t want us to use our flyers to inform the hotel guests about the abuses in Barcelona.
We send our solidarity to our rebellios comrades in Spain!
We would like to share a press release1 from the FAU’s branch section, the Initiative Grüne Werke (IGG). The IGG advocates for the improvement of working and living conditions in the fields of agriculture, horticulture, landscaping, forestry, and environmental professions. In these sectors, they fight for occupational safety and health, aim to stand up for one another, and work together to address the concerns, demands, and struggles of every individual.
On December 26, we published a text here in solidarity with the education strikes against compulsory military service. Here is another text on the subject of compulsory military service and armed defense. Opinions on this complex issue differ within our syndicate. Nevertheless, we would like to publish this text because we believe that as a libertarian movement, we should be able to tolerate differences of opinion and engage in discourse with the help of solidarity-based criticism. This article reflects the opinion of a part of the syndicate.
If you follow the headlines in Germany, it seems that the world is becoming more dangerous by the day. And for many people in Germany and the so-called “West,” that is probably the case. Because it is not only the climate catastrophe, the erosion of hard-won labor and civil rights, and the increasingly authoritarian behavior of elected governments, including open attacks on representative democracy, that threaten people here. The possibility of open warfare and the hybrid war that is already taking place are also giving rise to discussions that many had hoped they would never have to have again.[1] This also applies to the discussion about the reintroduction of compulsory military service in Germany.
At the end of each year, the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) holds the Chaos Communication Congress (C3) in Hamburg, which took place for the 39th time in 2025 (‘#39C3’). The topics range from technology and art to ethical and political issues, with lectures and workshops. The focus is on non-hierarchical ‘do-it-yourself’ activities, and so the event is organised almost exclusively by hackspaces, interest groups or organisations affiliated with the CCC.
Yesterday, we had an internal training session on the intricacies of labour law and the various forms of industrial action. We discussed how best to stand up for our rights in the workplace and how to fight for new rights!
Are you stressed at work? Together we can change that! Come to our open consultation every second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at Fettstraße 23 or send us an email at: fauhh-arbeitsrecht@fau.org
Political pressure from the US is likely to have been the trigger for GLS Bank and Sparkasse Göttingen closing the accounts of the left-wing solidarity organization Rote Hilfe in mid-December. The background to this is that the US government has classified the group, also referred to in the media as “Antifa Ost,” as a terrorist organization and placed it on a sanctions list. Rote Hilfe shows solidarity with anti-fascists who are being persecuted and imprisoned in connection with the so-called “Antifa Ost.” Apparently, the banks saw this as a risk and therefore decided to terminate their business relationships in order to avoid possible sanctions from the US against themselves.
We are currently witnessing a shift to the right in many areas of social life and, with it, a step backwards to the supposed “good old days.” This begins with migration and asylum policy, right-wing debates about “cityscapes” and belonging, gender issues, the debate about abortion, and the question of what a family should look like, and is now reaching its preliminary climax in the new debate about compulsory military service.
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Currently, the government is “only” talking about compulsory military service in the event that not enough soldiers (especially male soldiers) volunteer, but even this has a number of consequences.
