"I
not only consider myself one — I am a communist. Loyalty is
probably not the appropriate term. Marxism-Leninism is an
ideology, a method of investigation to understand the world, the laws
according to which it moves, so you can orient yourself in the world.
Some believe in a divine will, others in a predetermined fate. We
communists are materialists. We follow a scientific outlook, which
assumes that the society and everything that arises in it are the
work of human beings. Exploitation and oppression are neither
divinely ordained, nor are these evils acceptable. We have to fight
for a humane, fair, peaceful world, and today that is more urgent
than ever. We must refuse to allow that people perish from war,
hunger and disease, and that natural resources and the livelihood of
the people be depleted or destroyed by ruthless capitalist
exploitation, solely for profit. If humanity is to have a future, the
power of the banks and corporations must be broken. They will not
give up their power voluntarily".
- Interview to the Athenian and Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA), 5
November 2015.
Margot
Honecker,
German
Democratic Republic (GDR) politician,
wife
of Erich Honecker, died on Friday 6 May 2016 at 89.