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| ''For other uses of the term '''SPK''', see ]''. | ''For other uses of the term '''SPK''', see ]''. | ||
| The '''Socalist Patients' Collective''' (in ] the ''Sozialistisches Patienten kollektiv'') also known as the '''SPK''' and the '''Patients' Front''' (in German ''Patientenfront''), or '''PF,''' was a German patients' group of the late ]/early ] fighting against ] and ] as enemies of the "patients' class", seeing ] as the reason for ] and trying to see "illness as a weapon" against capitalist society. | The '''Socalist Patients' Collective''' (in ] the ''Sozialistisches Patienten kollektiv'') also known as the '''SPK''' and the '''Patients' Front''' (in German ''Patientenfront''), or '''PF,''' was a ] German patients' group of the late ]/early ] fighting against ] and ] as enemies of the "patients' class", seeing ] as the reason for ] and trying to see "illness as a weapon" against capitalist society. | ||
| One of their slogans was: | One of their slogans was: | ||
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| ===History=== | |||
| The group was officially founded in ] of ] by ] of ]. It began when Huber was sacked from his position in the University ] because he refused to co-operate with the rest of the ] department. This lead to his ] patients staging protests and eventually ] the ] offices of the University. Huber warned the director of the University that some of his group therapy patients may commit ] if he wasn't allowed to work with them again, so Huber was reinstated with full pay. | |||
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| During their group therapy sessions, the SPK were supposed to be discussing ], ], ], ] and ], but in reality their working circles were based on ], ], ], ] and ]. | |||
| A ']' girl was once sent away from Huber's group therapy because he said that after two weeks she had made; "no noticeable political progess." | |||
| ===Dissolution and the IZRU=== | |||
| When parts of the group turned militant Huber was imprisoned (] ]) and the group eventually dissolved. They changed their title to '''IZRU''' (''Information Zentrum Rote Volks-Universitat'') and proposed the formation of guerrilla cells however most members soon joined the ranks of the leftist ] a large ] organisation. | |||
| ===The SPK today=== | |||
| ⚫ | A group of some individuals, amongst them ], a lawyer in ], still claim to be legal successors to the original SPK group and claim to be the only "pro-illness" group in the world. Every effort by ] or internet authors (including ] users) to describe the history of the group in other words than what they think appropriate is answered by furious legal threats, to be found on their website, in personal letters and in various message boards. | ||
| None of their legal action taken (or claimed to have been taken) seem to have resulted in any pro-SPK decision yet or - given the surreal nature of their claims and their disregard of ] and ] - are likely to ever result in a process in court, let alone any SPK success in the future. | |||
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For other uses of the term SPK, see SPK (disambiguation).
The Socalist Patients' Collective (in German the Sozialistisches Patienten kollektiv) also known as the SPK and the Patients' Front (in German Patientenfront), or PF, was a leftist German patients' group of the late 1960s/early 1970s fighting against medicine and doctors as enemies of the "patients' class", seeing capitalism as the reason for illness and trying to see "illness as a weapon" against capitalist society.
One of their slogans was:
The system has made us sick. Let us strike the death blow to the sick system.
History
The group was officially founded in February of 1970 by Doctor Wolfgang Huber of Heidelberg University. It began when Huber was sacked from his position in the University clinic because he refused to co-operate with the rest of the psychiatric department. This lead to his group therapy patients staging protests and eventually occupying the administration offices of the University. Huber warned the director of the University that some of his group therapy patients may commit suicide if he wasn't allowed to work with them again, so Huber was reinstated with full pay.
During their group therapy sessions, the SPK were supposed to be discussing dialectics, Marxism, Religion, Education and Sexuality, but in reality their working circles were based on explosives, radio transmission, photography, judo and karate.
A 'mentally ill' girl was once sent away from Huber's group therapy because he said that after two weeks she had made; "no noticeable political progess."
Dissolution and the IZRU
When parts of the group turned militant Huber was imprisoned (June 1971) and the group eventually dissolved. They changed their title to IZRU (Information Zentrum Rote Volks-Universitat) and proposed the formation of guerrilla cells however most members soon joined the ranks of the leftist Red Army Faction a large terrorist organisation.
The SPK today
A group of some individuals, amongst them Ingeborg Muhler, a lawyer in Mannheim, still claim to be legal successors to the original SPK group and claim to be the only "pro-illness" group in the world. Every effort by journalists or internet authors (including Misplaced Pages users) to describe the history of the group in other words than what they think appropriate is answered by furious legal threats, to be found on their website, in personal letters and in various message boards.
None of their legal action taken (or claimed to have been taken) seem to have resulted in any pro-SPK decision yet or - given the surreal nature of their claims and their disregard of freedom of speech and freedom of press - are likely to ever result in a process in court, let alone any SPK success in the future.
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