The Marxist Group was the largest communist organization of the "New Left" in West Germany. The program of the MG focused on the abolition of private property and of the state altogether. The group aspired to have the free-market economy replaced by social planning according to the specific needs that were present. The MG emerged from the so-called "Red Cells", which arose in the German student movement in 1968. The MG was properly formed in the early 1970s.

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  • The Marxist Group was the largest communist organization of the "New Left" in West Germany. The program of the MG focused on the abolition of private property and of the state altogether. The group aspired to have the free-market economy replaced by social planning according to the specific needs that were present. The MG emerged from the so-called "Red Cells", which arose in the German student movement in 1968. The MG was properly formed in the early 1970s. The MG published among other things the magazine MSZ — Gegen die Kosten der Freiheit (Opposing the Costs of Liberty), the Marxistische Arbeiterzeitung (Marxist Workers’ Newspaper), various university newspapers, as well as the book series Resultate (Results), Abweichende Meinungen (Dissenting Views) and Kritik der bürgerlichen Wissenschaft (Critique of Bourgeois Science). It is thought to have had up to 10,000 members. Local associations of the MG also existed in Austria. The organization was monitored by the intelligence office and was rated "left-wing extremist". According to data collected by the office, numerous members of the MG — particularly in Bavaria — were dismissed from civil service, and some private employers were informed about MG members and asked to dismiss them. In May 1991, the MG announced its dissolution. The reason it stated was that it was expecting intensified reprisals against its members following the appearance of an intelligence office brochure about the group. The party's newspapers were discontinued, but corresponding journalistic work was continued by the publishing house GegenStandpunkt-Verlag and the journal GegenStandpunkt (Opposing Viewpoint).
  • „GegenStandpunkt. Politische Vierteljahreszeitschrift“ ist eine marxistische Theoriezeitschrift aus dem gleichnamigen Verlag mit Sitz in München, die seit 1992 regelmäßig erscheint. In der Nachfolge verschiedener Publikationen der Marxistischen Gruppe (MG), besonders der Marxistischen Streit- und Zeitschrift (MSZ) führt sie inhaltlich deren Linie fort.
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  • March 2009
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  • Bruno Schumacher
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  • March 1992
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  • Former West German Communist Party
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  • Quarterly
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  • MSZ - Gegen die Kosten der Freiheit (Opposing the Costs of Liberty) Marxist Workers’ Newspaper (Marxistische Arbeiterzeitung)
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  • GegenStandpunkt VerlagsGmbH
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  • The Marxist Group was the largest communist organization of the "New Left" in West Germany. The program of the MG focused on the abolition of private property and of the state altogether. The group aspired to have the free-market economy replaced by social planning according to the specific needs that were present. The MG emerged from the so-called "Red Cells", which arose in the German student movement in 1968. The MG was properly formed in the early 1970s.
  • „GegenStandpunkt. Politische Vierteljahreszeitschrift“ ist eine marxistische Theoriezeitschrift aus dem gleichnamigen Verlag mit Sitz in München, die seit 1992 regelmäßig erscheint. In der Nachfolge verschiedener Publikationen der Marxistischen Gruppe (MG), besonders der Marxistischen Streit- und Zeitschrift (MSZ) führt sie inhaltlich deren Linie fort.
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