If you think the ccc was ever not political, I don't know what to tell you. I just hope you mistook the congress for some random tech-sponsored event for lack of better knowledge.
It's founder worked for taz, probably the largest most left-wing newspaper in the BRD at the time. The founding call was puplished in there, the club never shied away from positioning itself clearly on the left in political discussions.
Yes, this is more or less what I was trying to say, but painting it even broader and saying Hacker events like these as a whole are political in nature, not just CCC.
It's founder worked for taz, probably the largest most left-wing newspaper in the BRD at the time. The founding call was puplished in there, the club never shied away from positioning itself clearly on the left in political discussions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wau_Holland