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Protests in Germany: “The Whole Regime Is Shifting to the Right”

In Germany, over 1.4 million people took to the streets to protest the Far Right this weekend. Left Voice interviewed Inés Heider, a social worker in Germany and activist of Klasse Gegen Klasse, our sister organization in Germany, about the mobilizations in recent days and the current political dynamics in Germany.

Inés In

January 25, 2024

The German Government Is Paving the Way for the Far Right

Tens of thousands of people are demonstrating against the AfD. But the government of Olaf Scholz is already implementing many of the AfD’s policies.

Nathaniel Flakin

January 19, 2024

Marxists Are Running in the Student Elections at Berlin’s Free University

On January 16-18, students at FU Berlin can vote for the student parliament. The Marxist group Waffen der Kritik (Weapons of Criticism) is running on a pro-worker, pro-Palestine platform.

Nathaniel Flakin

January 17, 2024

Berlin Police Beat 65-Year-Old Grandfather Unconscious at Memorial Demonstration for Luxemburg and Liebknecht

On Sunday, thousands of people demonstrated in Berlin on the 105th anniversary of the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht. Police attacked the Palestine Bloc and sent at least 15 people to the hospital.

Nathaniel Flakin

January 15, 2024

A Three-Way Split in Marx21 — Which Way Forward for the Revolutionary Left in Germany?

Marx21, the post-Trotskyist network inside Die Linke, has split into three different groups. How can revolutionary socialists move forward?

Nathaniel Flakin

January 13, 2024

Stalemate in Ukraine

The Ukrainian counteroffensive has failed, but Russia cannot reverse the balance of power. Pessimism is setting in among Kyiv’s allies, who are wondering what strategy to adopt.

Philippe Alcoy

January 10, 2024

Good Riddance to an Imperialist Gremlin

The German conservative politician Wolfgang Schäuble is dead. Good.

Nathaniel Flakin

December 29, 2023

“We’re More Likely to Be Threatened by the Police than by Palestinians” — Interview with Jewish Voice in Germany

In the name of fighting antisemitism, Germany is attacking anti-Zionist Jews. Wieland Hoban is a composer from Frankfurt, and chairperson of the association Jüdische Stimme für gerechten Frieden in Nahost (Jewish Voice for Just Peace in the Middle East).

Nathaniel Flakin

December 28, 2023

The German Government is Attacking Jewish Life in Germany

Olaf Scholz says he wants to protect Jewish life in Germany. Then why are so many Jews getting censored for criticizing Israel?

Nathaniel Flakin

December 20, 2023