Europe
No, Germany Is Not Actually Recognizing the Genocide in Namibia
The German government has made international headlines with its public “gestures of reconciliation” for the genocide of tens of thousands of West Africans in the early 1900s. Representatives of the Herero and Nama peoples are rejecting the deal, saying it comes nowhere close to addressing the effects of Germany’s long history of colonial exploitation in the region.
Nathaniel Flakin
June 11, 2021Germany Lets Far-Right Terrorism Flourish
Far-right terrorism is an ongoing phenomenon in Germany, with a new revelation every week about soldiers and cops. The government largely turns a blind eye, proposing as the solution to give the police even more funding.
Nathaniel Flakin
June 5, 2021“Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win”: An Open Letter to the Comrades of AyR and L’Étincelle, and to the Members of the Tendency for a Revolutionary International (TRI)
A former member of the Canadian section of the USFI and former International Coordinator for Socialist Action/Ligue pour lÁction Socialiste offers a response to the attacks against the Revolutionary Communist Current in France by sectors within the New Anticapitalist Party. His reflections are part of an ongoing debate about the formation of an international revolutionary socialist organization in France, a critical discussion for socialists around the world.
Rob Lyons
June 4, 2021The Terminal Crisis of the NPA
The crisis of the New Anticapitalist Party in France offers possibilities for the emergence of a new revolutionary tendency.
Fredy Lizarrague
May 20, 2021Berlin in Solidarity with Palestine
More than 5,000 people joined a demonstration in Berlin on Saturday in solidarity with Palestine.
Nathaniel Flakin
May 17, 2021Dockworkers in Italy Denounce Passage of Ship Loaded with Rockets for Israel
A cargo ship loaded with high-precision rockets destined for the Israeli Defense Forces was shipped, semi-clandestinely, to the port of Genoa in Italy, with Ashdod as its final destination. Dockworkers in another Italian port, Livorno, mobilized to denounce this criminal arms trafficking taking place during yet another campaign of Zionist military aggression against the Palestinian people.
Giacomo Turci
May 17, 2021Italian Dockers Refuse to Load Arms Shipment to Israel in Solidarity with Palestine [Updated]
After discovering that a shipment of arms destined for Israel was arriving in Italy’s ports, workers refused to load the ship in support of the Palestinians fighting for their lives against Israeli occupation.
Left Voice
May 14, 2021Is This the End for the German SPD?
The laughably garish party congress of the once mighty Social Democratic Party is a perfect metaphor for its continued decline.
Nathaniel Flakin
May 14, 2021Sophie Scholl and Hans Berger: Why German Capitalism Celebrates Only One Nazi Resistance Fighter
Sophie Scholl, the best-known German resistance fighter against the Nazis, would have turned 100 today. The state-sponsored commemorations of her cover up a simple fact: most resistance fighters against the Nazis were socialists and communists.
Nathaniel Flakin
May 9, 2021Pablo Iglesias Quits Politics After Electoral Defeat in Madrid
After a resounding defeat in yesterday’s elections in Madrid, Pablo Iglesias has announced that he is resigning from politics. Podemos is in crisis.
IzquierdaDiario.es
May 5, 2021