The Bond of Struggle: A Message from a German Comrade to Ugandan Workers!

Dear Ugandan comrades! As a Muzungu comrade from Germany I feel honored to address you. Unfortunately I cannot speak in the name of my party, the Communist Party of Germany, as a whole, since I am no high-ranking member. But be assured, that there are also other comrades from Germany that are following the progress you are making. Franz Kafka wrote in his “In the Penal Colony”: “It is always questionable to intervene decisively in strange circumstances.” The reason is that it is hard to know the national conditions. 

I have been to Uganda thrice and read quite a bunch of literature on Uganda's political, economical and social conditions. I am far away from knowing Uganda's national conditions as well as a native, but I hope to know them well enough to be able to at least give some advice. I will try to help you with all means I can spare, also ideological input in form of articles in English. Trotsky, the counterrevolutionary renegade of the October Revolution, was correct when he said: “It is only possible to grapple with complex questions with the necessary easiness in your native language.” 

That has truth in it. But English is the native language of neither of us and still we are able to communicate far over the borders of our countries existing on different continents. It may not be as good as our native tongue, but it will work. That does not mean that translations into our respective local languages would be therefore obsolete. 

The German working people and the Ugandan working people both suffer from the capitalist rule, though Uganda as an object for imperialist exploitation suffers from the consequences of the imperialist domination as well. This is why Uganda is poor despite its rich resources. What Uganda is lacking is Uhuru. But the principle contradiction is the same - between labor and capital - it is just the forms that differ, due to different development levels. Long live the friendship between the German and Ugandan working people! 

Yours Faithfully 
Wubulixi

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