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Tag: Germany

Germany: Huge Breakthrough for Left Party

February 26, 2025March 4, 2025 SAV (ISA in Germany)

8.8% of the votes and 30,000 new members — now, what way forward? In Sunday’s Federal elections (February 23), the Left Party entered powerfully into the Bundestag (German national parliament), after being at 3% in the polls just two months ago. It has become a party of big cities, young people and women. It is […]

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Germany: Not A Firewall, But A Firestarter

February 4, 2025February 4, 2025 Claus Ludwig

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: No to Compulsory Military Service, Stop Militarization!

July 23, 2024July 23, 2024 Claus Ludwig

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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Socialist Climate Struggle for a World Worth Living in

April 19, 2024April 22, 2024 Philip Chmel

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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Germany: Historic Mass Movement Against Right-Wing

February 1, 2024 Sozialistische Alternative (ISA in Germany)

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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Repression Against Antiwar Activists in Germany

October 27, 2023 Ben Jungster

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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Germany: The “Megastreik-Day”

March 29, 2023 Sozialistische Alternative (ISA in Germany)

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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Struggle to Stop Coalmining to Save the Climate

February 16, 2023 Conny Dahmen, Claus Ludwig

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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Landslide Referendum Victory to Expropriate Berlin’s Big Landlords

October 14, 2021 Lucy Redler

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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Unprecedented Floods in Europe

July 22, 2021 Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium)

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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