By: Dr Metod Berlec
The holidays, which are exploited for political purposes year after year, are behind us. This time, the exploitation remained overshadowed by the bizarre cruise of Prime Minister Robert Golob and his partner Tina Gaber in the Mediterranean Sea.
But let’s return to the holidays. The first undoubtedly is the Day of Uprising Against the Occupier on April 27th, which was celebrated in the previous regime as the Day of the Liberation Front (Day of the LF). Even today, its political successors celebrate it in its original sense. In reality, nothing significant happened on this day in 1941; just the day before, on April 26th, 1941, prominent members of the Society of Friends of the Soviet Union gathered at the Vidmar House in Rožna Dolina in Ljubljana. Interestingly, on the same morning of April 26th, 1941, Adolf Hitler visited Maribor, which was mostly concealed by the Slovenian media of that time. In accordance with the Comintern’s policy, Slovenian communists established the Anti-Imperialist Front (AIF), a “front” directed against “imperialists”, primarily against Great Britain, France, and the United States of America. At that time, the Hitler-Stalin Pact, signed in Moscow on August 23rd, 1939, was still in effect. Only after Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union on June 22nd, 1941, did the PIF, following new instructions from Moscow, rename itself the Liberation Front, which was supposed to begin armed resistance against the occupier. Already in September 1941, the Liberation Front, led by the communists, declared a monopoly on the “resistance against the occupier”. Anyone who did not submit to its monopoly was declared a traitor, leading to tragic consequences during and after World War II.
WHILE THE “FIRST COUPLE” WAS CRUISING THE SEA, NEWS CAME FROM OUR WESTERN NEIGHBOR THAT ITALY WANTS TO FURTHER CLOSE THE BORDER WITH SLOVENIA. WE FACE THE THREAT OF BECOMING A MIGRANT POCKET!
The second holiday we celebrated in recent days is May 1st, Labour Day. Originally, the holiday commemorates the bloody labour demonstrations in Chicago in 1886 and is supposed to honour the achievements of the international labour movement. Due to its politically left ideological inspiration, Labour Day has always stood out throughout its history as a day for demonstrations by various communist, socialist, and anarchist groups. However, today it is anything but that, as representatives of left-wing political parties have largely abandoned the “working class” and advocate only for the interests of allegedly marginalised minorities (representatives of the LGBT community, migrants, etc.). Leftists have thus replaced socio-economic revolution with moral-cultural revolution. They “invade” society with new definitions of marriage, radical feminism, further liberalisation of abortion, euthanasia for the elderly, legalisation of soft drugs, and so on. They favour a weakened and redefined family, in line with the Communist Manifesto of 1848, which aimed to undermine the key foundations of Western civilisation – family, nation, religion, private education, and private property. Today, the interests of working people, who work hard to survive and create added value, are primarily advocated by centre-right and right-wing parties. The interests of those who want to live off the toil of others and enjoy themselves are mainly advocated by left-wing parties. This is evident in practice. Today’s leftists expect and demand state aid and subsidies. They want to be at the state’s trough. The state should take care of everything for them. They had plenty of time for demonstrations under the previous, Janša-led government. In contrast, supporters of centre-right and right-wing parties during that time do not have such luxury. They have to work both in rural and urban areas to survive.
Therefore, it was fitting this year that the keynote speaker at the Labour Day celebration in Kamniška Bistrica was former Minister and Vice President of the SDS, Aleš Hojs. Leftists present were upset by this, but Hojs remained undeterred. He reminded everyone of the history of the struggle for workers’ rights and emphasised that the famous motto “honour and power to labour” had been abused in the past. Most brutally during the time of National Socialism, but also after World War II, when the authorities plundered people’s property under the guise of this motto. Today, much still needs to be done for the motto “honour and power to labour” to fully come alive. Primarily, this will require the rule of law to function, ensuring that laws apply equally to all. But under the current leftist government, this is far from possible. This is also evidenced by the fact that the coalition itself is supposed to investigate the questionable practices of Robert Golob and his party through an investigative commission.