Germany
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, 2024Berlin 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, 2024A 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, 2024Good 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, 2023The 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, 2023Robert Habeck Wrote a Play Praising a Right-Wing Mass Murderer
Germany's Green vice chancellor strikes many as an idealist who has been struggling with the tough realities of government. Yet before he was a national politician, he wrote a play that opens a window into a dark soul.
Nathaniel Flakin
December 1, 2023Fact Check: Did German Leftists Try to Bomb West Berlin’s Jewish Community Center in 1969?
Answer: No. The bombing was undertaken by West Germany’s domestic secret service, originally founded by Nazis.
Nathaniel Flakin
November 29, 2023“Stop Thief!” The German State Attacks Migrants to Distract from Its Own Antisemitism
German politicians claim that antisemitism is an “imported problem.” Even a cursory look at the facts, however, shows that anti-Jewish hatred is not caused by pro-Palestinian protests. No, the source is German capitalism.
Nathaniel Flakin
November 21, 20231923: The Revolution Was Possible
What strategic lessons can we draw from the failed “German October”? An excerpt from the book “Socialist Strategy and Military Art.”
Emilio Albamonte
November 14, 2023