Merz Hands AfD a Gasoline Can Conservative CDU, supported by votes from the extreme right, to shut down Germany’s borders for refugees Incited by Trump’s brutal rhetoric and actions, the CDU’s candidate for Chancellor, Merz, announced in the beginning of January that he will close the borders from the first day of his chancellorship. In […]
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Germany’s Defense Minister Pistorius gets serious about “war readiness.” Claus Ludwig, SAV, Germany Pressure is to be exerted on young people to increase the size of the German army (Bundeswehr). From 2025, 18-year-old males are to be obliged to complete a “questionnaire”. The “Ministry of Defense ‘’ writes in its FAQ: “Will there be sanctions […]
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Philip Chmel is a member of Sozialistische LinksPartei (ISA in Austria). On 19 April, tens of thousands of young and oppressed as well as working class people more broadly will once again hit the streets for the next global climate strike with actions expected on all continents. The slogans of this climate strike “#ClimateJusticeNow” and […]
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1.5 million on the streets! On the weekend of 19–21 January, 1.5 million people protested against the far right in the largest wave of demonstrations in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany. 350,000 in Berlin, 130,000 in Hamburg, 200,000 in Munich, plus well over 100 demonstrations in smaller towns such as Eitorf, Buxtehude […]
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Ben Jungster is a member of Sozialistische Alternative (ISA in Germany). Since the beginning of the war in Gaza there have to been protests with thousands of participants all over the world. In Germany they face repression, police brutality and defamation, which include systemic racism. The police in various cities such as Berlin and Hamburg […]
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On March 27, the trade unions launched a so-called “Megastreik”. Is this the beginning of a larger strike movement in Germany? Since 2015, there have not been many large strike movements in Germany. For years, socialists and left-wing trade unionists have been looking with envy to France and the UK, wishing for a similar strike […]
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Conny Dahmen and Claus Ludwig are membersof Sozialistische Alternative (ISA in Germany). The police and government are trying to spread fairy tales about alleged violence of the 35,000 strong demonstrators against lignite mining near the village of Luetzerath, in western Germany. But everyone can see on Youtube that the perpetrators of violence wore uniforms. In […]
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Lucy Redler is a member of Sozialistische Alternative (ISA in Germany). Lucy Redler ran for office as a direct candidate for the Left Party in the Neukölln electoral district of Berlin. She is a member of the Left Party, the Anticapitalist Left movement within the Left Party (Antikapitalistische Linke or AKL in German), and the […]
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Solidarity as the Last Line of Defence Climate change is here and now. Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium have this week suffered severe flooding, costing at the latest count over 200 lives. The necessary resources must be mobilised to deal with it in order to provide answers. Apocalyptic images followed one another without interruption. […]
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On November 9, 1989 the Berlin Wall was pulled down in dramatic scenes. In the latest of our series marking the events of 1989 in Eastern Europe, Ingmar Meinecke of SAV (German section of the CWI-majority), who as a teenager participated in these events, explains what happened. “Dear friends, fellow citizens, it is as if […]
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