Solidarity 449, 4 October 2017

Germany: far right scoops social discontent

The recent election night was a shock for many: [Merkel's centre-right Christian Democrat] CDU and the [Bavarian sister party of the CDU] CSU each had their worst result since 1949, the [Social Democrats of the SDP] got the worst result in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany; and [far-right] AfD, according to official estimates, came away with 12.6% of the vote and 94 representatives in the Bundestag. Alongside AfD, the [arch-neoliberal] FDP had reasons to celebrate, namely 10.7% and 80 seats which brought them back into the Bundestag, from which previous recent elections had...

For Catalonia's right to decide; against separation

Spanish riot police unleashed violence against people voting in a referendum on Catalan independence on Sunday 1 October. Recent estimates (on Monday 2 October( number those injured at 884, and it seems miraculous no one was killed. As soon as the Catalan regional government set a date for a binding referendum, the right-wing Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy declared its intention to prevent the vote taking place. On the Prime Minister's appeal, the Spanish constitutional court ruled the referendum illegal. State police then geared up to prevent the referendum by force, confiscating...

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