Greece: will Merkel budge?
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John Palmer, former European editor of the Guardian, spoke to Solidarity about what the current talk among EU leaders about “growth initiatives” is likely to yield.
Germany
All at sea with the Pirate Party of Germany
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A new-ish political party is changing German politics. Apparently.
European news in brief
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Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union had its vote drop by 8% in provincial elections on 13 May in Germany’s most populous state, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Discussions on a "New Anticapitalist Party" in Germany
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A year ago, a small Berlin-based left group, dominated by ex-members of the German "Mandelite" (orthodox Trotskyist - like the ex-IMG/Socialist Resistance in the UK) organisation took the initiative i
Unemployed woman shot in Frankfurt jobcentre
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By a German socialist
On 19 May a woman - poor, homeless, African and drug-addicted - was shot and killed by police in a Frankfurt jobcentre.
Germany to go non-nuclear
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250,000 people joined demonstrations across Germany following the Fukushima disaster, calling on the government to phase out nuclear power completely.
Alone in Berlin
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By Matthew Thompson
The 1947 novel Alone in Berlin (Jeder stirbt für sich allein) by Hans Fallada is remarkable in several ways.
Life after "Marxism"
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The Film Theatre worker lights your way, with the aid of a torch, down the darkened corridor to the cinema/classroom.
Family friendly anti-fascism?
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SWP activists often say that anti-racist and anti-fascist demonstrations can’t be confrontational because we need actions that everyone feels comfortable attending, that families and children need to be able to demonstrate.
Germany: mass protests greet the "tough times"
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German politics is in crisis, with all the mainstream parties seeing a falling-off in support.