Train drivers organize two-day strike in Germany for better pay and benefits
Train drivers under the leadership of the Union of German Locomotive Drivers (GDL) have demanded a pay rise of 3.2% by 2022 and a one-time COVID-19 allowance of EUR 600 (USD 706)
Close US bases and scrap plan to buy bombers, demands German left
Amidst the raging COVID-19 pandemic and the socio-economic crisis inflicted by it, Germany’s federal government is set to acquire new combat bombers and contribute around 53 billion Euros (62.34 billion USD) this year to the NATO war alliance
German communists resist attempt at ‘cold ban’
German authorities are seeking to prevent the German Communist Party (DKP) from contesting election on bureaucratic pretexts. The party says it is a bid to drive it into financial ruin
Police violence against protesters in Dusseldorf, Germany condemned
On Saturday, hundreds of people including journalists were injured in police action in Dusseldorf against those who were opposing a law mooted by the North Rhine-Westphalian (NRW) State government which would penalize certain kinds of protest
Palestine solidarity demonstrations witnessed across Europe
Demonstrators in several cities across Europe expressed solidarity with the people of Palestine and called for an end to Israeli occupation and aggression
The pandemic and the rise of the right in Germany
Luca Schaefer from the International Board of the Socialist German Workers’ Youth (SDAJ) speaks about the impact of COVID-19 in Germany and the state of the left
Police attack demonstration commemorating Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in Berlin
Police in Berlin tried to disrupt a rally attended by more than 3,000 people in memory of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht who were murdered on January 15, 1919. Protesters were injured due to police violence on Sunday and many were arrested
Progressives in Germany denounce racist ‘hygiene demos’ and anti-lockdown protests
Far-right groups in Germany have been organizing anti-lockdown demonstrations and racist “hygiene demos” targeting Jews and immigrant communities
“We won’t pay for your crisis”
Interview with Patrik Köbele, Chairman of the German Communist Party (DKP), on the German communists’ take on the COVID-19 crisis
German communists call to end sanctions hindering fight against COVID-19 pandemic
The German Communist Party (DKP) initiated a petition on March 26, Thursday, calling for the end of sanctions against Russia, Venezuela and Cuba, to strengthen the fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus
Thuringian State premier resigns following national outrage over far-right support
Thomas Kemmerich, who was elected as prime minister of the German State of Thuringia with the support of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on February 5, resigned the next day
- First commercial flight in last six years takes off from Yemen’s Sanaa airport
- Cuba describes easing of US sanctions as “a limited step in the right direction”
- Communists demand ouster of US military and NATO from Turkey
- Women in Croatia say enough to conservative obstruction of right to abortion
- Belgian workers demand scrapping of Wage Margin Act of 1996
