Germany
Fascism, working-class struggle, and 2026: Looking back on the dystopian sci-fi classic ‘Metropolis’
May 9, 2025Cinematic somersaults abound in the 1927 film, but it fumbles the landing with an oversimplified message of class collaboration and reliance on a messiah to save us all.
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Memorial to German Communist heroes Luxemburg, Liebknecht, and Thälmann desecrated
March 14, 2025After being destroyed by Nazis in 1935, German Communist leaders’ headstones have been vandalized again.
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Germany’s Left Party surges, taking 10 percent of Bundestag seats
February 26, 2025Christian parties, in first place at 28.5 percent, plan a war government, as dangerous and neo-fascist AfD, with a record 20 percent, comes in second.
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The roots of neo-fascism in East Germany
February 25, 2025The fall of the Berlin Wall enabled neo-fascist activity to spill over into East Germany, laying the groundwork for the strengthening of right-wing forces today.
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Petition challenges Munich university’s cancellation of lecture by UN Palestine rapporteur Francesca Albanese
February 14, 2025Scores of professors, researchers, and staff have signed a petition demanding a German university allow the UN special rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, to deliver a scheduled lecture this weekend.
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