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I am afraid that it cannot be avoided to spend some sentences on the
rejection of Martens' pamphlets "News on Congo" 27-29 resp. "Unite!" #104
and in defense of the Group Neue Einheit against his slanders.

What has gone before:
The Group Neue Einheit translated into German an imported speech by
L.D.Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and issued an
internet statement (#99/19) on Congo. A link to the french original text
was put on the homepage and this text should be distributed  also in
English. The "DR Congo Committee, Sweden" had made an English translation,
so we asked for the permission to put it on our homepage.

It speaks for itself that just this request was an occasion  for Rolf
Martens to start his smear attack.

As we already use to know, he cannot substantiate his terrible accuses with
proofs. 
Addressing an official request to the committee to the official Chairman is
the most normal thing in the world. From this R.M. derives his empty talk
about the alleged contradiction between "Fuehrerprinzip" here and
collectivism there. Typically enough, he once more makes a nonsense of his
talk  by his own behaviour when he uses this committe  as a tool for his
intrigues and slanders he has committed for years against the Group Neue
Einheit, by this trampling under his feed the aim to make solidarity with
the Congo as broad as possible.

Also his allegation that without a reason we use to stab in the back of
forces to whom we gave support before absolutely is the contrary of
reality. 
His description of an alleged change of our position concerning the PCP in
August 97 is a fairy tale from the beginning to the end. (Eventually he is
constructing something in an inproper manner out of single words or single
sentences he has taken out of context like he already did before.)

In reality in these times a sharp debate took place about the article "Jos�
Carlos Mari�tegui and Cultural Questions of the Peruvian Revolution" by
Klaus Sender which dealt with fundamental questions and made a criticism in
a constructive manner. Some people who allegedly were standing close to the
PCP attacked like crazy the author in person and the Neue Einheit. The
position which is taken in this fundamental article has been upheld untill
today. You can find this article on the homepage
<http://www.neue-einheit.com> in German, English and Spanish. 
Mr. Martens could not help calling this article by Klaus Sender about
Mari�tegui and cultural questions of the Peruvian revolution a "well
founded criticism" (Posting in the mailing list "Marxism-General" of July
7, 1997) and a "correct criticism" (ibidem Dec. 28,1997).

If one has followed Rolf Martens' smear attacks for a longer time, he finds
a pattern which was repeated for years:
Allegedly the Neue Einheit, as R.M. says, is so incredibly nasty because
again and again they are making right political steps forward which
alledgedly only are serving to cover up their character which in the truth
is reactionary. The solution is: The policy of the Neue Einheit without its
representatives but as a signboard for Mr. Martens an *his* endeavours.

There are already existing several articles about Rolf Martens on
<http://www.neue-einheit.com>. I think that the Group Neue Einheit will
also deal with the questions which were touched on here in a more detailed
discourse.

W.Gerhard