Germany
In Berlin 250,000 march against unfair trade
October 13, 2015It was a day to remember, a date for the record books: It marked a surprising development in German politics!
Read moreGermany: predictions after 25 years
October 2, 2015After 25 years of unification, annexation, or occupation, the only safe predictions in Germany still seem to be the ones about lunar eclipses.
Read moreThoughts on Greece, Syriza and its left critics, Part 2
September 11, 2015While Greece is a tiny country and Syriza a new party of the left, their success in overcoming the current crisis would give fresh momentum to people in Europe and woldwide.
Read moreToday in history: Beethoven’s opera “Fidelio” in Berlin, 1945
September 4, 2015"A political prisoner's wife goes undercover, infiltrates the family of the prison guard and frees her husband from a secret dungeon just as the tyrant is about to kill him."
Read moreThoughts on Greek crisis and in defense of Syriza, Part 1
August 19, 2015The current crisis in Greece and the Eurozone is fluid and far from settled.
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