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7 October 2020
Germany: "Heroes" strike to demand a pay rise
Public sector workers in Germany's hospitals, kindergartens, civil service, refuse operations, as well as public transport workers, have started 'warning strikes' in support of their wage demands.
26 February 2020
Germany: Right-wing terror attacks - fight racism, fight capitalism!
The murder of nine people in two shisha bars in the German town of Hanau by a fascist gunman is the third fatal right-wing terrorist attack in the country in just nine months. But as Sasha Staničić (Sol - CWI, Germany - national spokesperson) explains, the laments of establishment politicians over such attacks will not eradicate the far-right threat.
6 November 2019
The build-up to the official celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary have, as before, been dominated by anti-socialist propaganda.
11 September 2019
Far right makes gains in Germany
The 1 September state elections in the eastern German states of Brandenburg and Saxony saw a continuation of the decline of Social Democrats (SPD) and Christian Democrats (Angela Merkel's CDU), currently Germany's ruling parties.
30 January 2019
Germany: School student walkouts reject Coal Commission proposals
The Coal Commission, set to discuss the end of German coal energy to meet climate change targets, has presented its results - wait up to 20 years to shut down the last polluting plants while giving billions of euros to big business.
23 January 2019
Europe: school students strike against climate change
School students in Germany and Belgium have walked out against climate catastrophe
9 January 2019
Theatre review: Women of Aktion - the heroic story of how World War One was ended
Women of Aktion by the Bent Architect Theatre Company tells the story of the women and men whose heroic actions brought World War One to an end.
9 January 2019
Heroic martyrs of German Revolution
January 15 marks the 100th anniversary of the murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the outstanding leaders of the German and international working-class movements.
14 November 2018
1918: revolution ends World War One
By the time the war ended it had put into question the 'right' of the ruling classes to rule
24 October 2018
Germany: Bavarian elections and huge anti-racist demonstration mark an historic weekend
According to the German media, an "historical event" took place on 14 October: the regional elections in Bavaria.
5 September 2018
Germany: violent attacks in Chemnitz - how can the far right be stopped?
The trade unions and Left Party must finally take an active part in the struggle against the far right
7 March 2018
May's EU speech kicks the can down the road
The closing line of Theresa May's speech - "now let's get on with it" - will have led to jeers of frustration from any workers listening.
21 February 2018
German engineering strike puts shorter week on agenda - but could have won more
The bigger question of a shorter working week with no loss in pay is even more valid in today's world of rapid technological change
27 September 2017
Germany: Election results in political earthquake
In the end, a somewhat boring election campaign that ignored many of the issues ended in a political earthquake
27 September 2017
German elections: rise of the far right and right-wing government will provoke resistance
For the first time in decades a racist, right nationalist party, AfD (Alternative for Germany), has entered the German parliament.
15 September 2017
The nurses, midwives, medical assistants and operating department practitioners of Charité hospital in Berlin have announced a strike starting on Monday 18th September
15 March 2017
Women's struggles reduced to perfume sales and career ladder
Writing at socialistworld.net, Clare Doyle pointed out that "only in a few countries - Pakistan and Turkey among them - have demonstrations regularly taken place on International Women's Day."
8 February 2017
Tense, lively prologue to events which changed the world
Non-fiction review: Lenin on the Train: When the February revolution broke out in Russia in 1917 and the Tsar was overthrown, Vladimir Lenin was living in exile in Switzerland.
27 July 2016
Europe and the workers' movement after Brexit
Europe - Britain in particular - is now at the forefront of political developments. Because of the 'weight' of British capitalism, Brexit represents a giant boulder dropped into a lake.
6 April 2016
Short stories on workers' struggles around the world. Germany socialist conference success; Belgian socialists arrested for challenging far right.
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