Germany
Trotsky Day in Berlin: workshops and a panel discussion on the 75th anniversary of the death of Leon Trotsky
"Trotsky Day", a public event on October 17 in Berlin, will bring together fighters from the workers' and youth movements, activists from different political tendencies and historians and academics. We reproduce the invitation from the Revolutionary Internationalist Organization (RIO), German section of the FT-CI.
Nathaniel Flakin
September 17, 2015International Solidarity against Xenophobia in Europe
In recent weeks the “refugee crisis” has become a profound social and political crisis in Europe. The images of tens of thousands of people trying to cross the European borders through the Balkans, Greece, or over the Mediterranean, with thousands of dead, show the severity of this capitalist barbarism. We present a joint statement by the Courant Communiste Révolutionnaire (CCR, France), Clase contra Clase (Spanish State) and Revolutionäre Internationalistische Organisation (RIO, Germany).
Left Voice
September 8, 2015Thousands Welcome Refugees in Germany
Almost ten thousand people took to the streets in protest on Saturday in Dresden, Germany to express their solidarity with refugees coming to Europe, against the growing wave of xenophobia in Germany.
Left Voice
September 2, 2015A tale of summits and storm surges
In February of this year, a historic peak was reached: The average concentration of atmospheric CO2 has exceeded the limit of 400ppm for the first time in at least the last 800,000 years, perhaps even the last 25 million.
Sören Luxbach
August 21, 2015Internal disputes in German government over pressure on Greece
Last Friday, the German parliament approved a colonialist pact against Greece. Although a broad majority voted in favor, the governing parties faced an internal opposition. A dispute that even reflected itself within Merkel's cabinet.
Stefan Schneider
July 23, 2015German Parliament approves colonialist pact against Greece
On Friday, the German Bundestag came together for an extraordinary session to vote on the initiation of negotiations with the Greek government based on the agreement reached last Sunday with the Troika.
Stefan Schneider
July 18, 2015The neocolonialist agreement on Greece reveals the real face of capitalist Europe
French version from Révolution Permanente, July 16, 2015. The agreement imposed upon Greece by European leaders, after an intense campaign of economic terrorism orchestrated by the European Central Bank and the threat of the country’s possible exit from the Eurozone, highlights as never before the most monstrous face of capitalist Europe. The merciless attitude adopted […]
Juan Chingo
July 16, 2015Trotsky and Holiday Communism in Germany
It's called "Vacation Communism": 70,000 people gather for four days at an old Soviet air base two hours north of Berlin.
Nathaniel Flakin
July 7, 20152,000 people in Berlin say “OXI” to the Troika
On Friday afternoon, 2,000 people gathered at Berlin's Oranienplatz to say "OXI" ("NO") to the Troika and the German government who are imposing brutal austerity measures on the people of Greece.
Nathaniel Flakin
July 3, 2015Strike at Germany’s biggest hospital
Germany's biggest hospital is on strike: The Charité, Berlin's university clinic, employs 13,000 workers. The struggle began this Monday, after 96% of trade union members had voted in favor of strike action. The workers are demanding a better personell ratio. One nurse currently has to deal with up to 14 patients – they are demanding a ratio of one to five, and during the night shifts, they want to have at least two nurses at each station. This is the first time nurses in Germany have gone on strike for more personell.
Nathaniel Flakin
June 26, 2015