Germany
Thoughts on the Berlin Wall 30 years after its demise
November 8, 2019East Germany was a lot more than the totalitarian prop that gets paraded out to prove the supposed superiority of capitalism over socialism.
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German left wins Oct. 27 vote but far right makes big gains
October 29, 2019Although the neo-fascist AfD made major gains the Left Party came in first with its biggest vote ever anywhere in Germany.
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Thirty years later the Berlin Wall is again being “remembered”
October 15, 2019Why does the right wing all around the world continue to beat up on the long-gone German Democratic Republic (East Germany)?
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Will musical and film triumphs spill over into German politics?
September 18, 2019On August 24, the famed Berliner Philharmoniker (the Berlin Philharmonic) offered an amazing performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at Brandenburg Gate.
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Right-wing gains force Germany’s Left Party to rethink its strategy
September 16, 2019Growing support for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Saxony and Brandenburg cause for concern ahead of Oct. 27 elections in Thuringia.
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