A march was held in German capital Berlin on Sunday in memory of German socialist movement leaders Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht. Kurds among the organizers of the march were attacked by the police for holding posters of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan. Three people were detained in the attack.

The march in memory of Luxemburg and Liebknecht held for the 99th anniversary of their murder started from the Frankfurt Tor. Political parties and institutions from various peoples supported the march.

A colorful cortege formed in the march where speeches and banners included messages of unity and increasing the struggle against global imperialist politics.

Banners with photographs of Sakine Cansız, PKK founding member who was murdered in Paris on January 9, 2013, and Rosa Luxemburg next to each other were carried by the people in the march and the protesters frequently chanted “Long live revolutionary solidarity”.

DEST-DAN Berlin Women’s Assembly was among the organizers in the march where Kurdistanis and anti-fascists joined the same cortege.

The protesters chanted, “Sara, Rojbin, Ronahi” (Sakine, Fidan, Leyla) and “Jin, jiyan, azadi” (Woman, life, freedom) throughout the march.

Speakers said Kurdish women have garnered much experience from Rosa’s resistance and her tradition in the struggle. They stressed that Kurdish women carry this legacy forward today and said, “The forces that murdered Rosa Luxemburg 99 years ago are the same as the forces that murdered Sara, Rojbin and Ronahi 5 years ago. We know who the murderers are, we will hold them to account.”

German police attacked the cortege of Kurds and anti-fascists with the excuse that there were posters of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan. The police took one protester with a poster from the cortege.

The march later continued with a visit to the graves of the two socialist leaders.

Leaders in the European socialist movement and founders of the German Communist Party Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht had been tortured and murdered on January 15, 1919 after they had been detained in Berlin.