[Marxism] "The Chinese occupation of Haiti"

Néstor Gorojovsky nmgoro at gmail.com
Tue Apr 22 06:30:52 MDT 2008


What was the reaction in German Social Democracy? I have always wondered...

2008/4/21, Lüko Willms <lueko.willms en t-online.de>:
> On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:10:26 -0300, NÃ(c)stor Gorojovsky wrote:
>
>  > >   As the then Germano-Prussian emperor said to the troops departing
>  to
>  > >  China against the Boxer Rebellion: "Make the name German remembered
>  in
>  > >  China for a thousand years so that no Chinaman will ever again dare
>  to
>  > >  even squint at a German."
>  > >
>  >
>  > It was William the Second, wasn't he, Lüko?
>
>   Yes, in the infamous "Hunnenrede" -- the Huns speech -- in
>  Wilhelmshaven. There is no official version of it. Another famous quote
>  is "Pardon won't be given! Prisoners won't be taken!".
>
>   The term "Hun speech" became because he cited the cruelty of the Hun
>  invasion a millenium earlier which was still proverbial then.
>
>
>  Lüko Willms
>  Frankfurt, Germany
>  --------------------------------
>  visit http://www.mlwerke.de Marx, Engels, Luxemburg, Lenin, Trotzki in
>  German
>
>
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