Germany – Page 34 – People's World

Germany: Nazis in Bundestag, Merkel stays, SPD collapses, Left Party gains

September 24, 2017 By John Wojcik

Major media the world over said the German elections would be boring. When the polls closed, it was clear they could not have been more wrong.

Germans head to polls, Die Linke fights to keep Nazis out

September 23, 2017 By John Wojcik

Germans are voting today in an election that, despite what the major media says, will have major consequences.

Berlin’s anti-fascist fighters mobilize to stop neo-Nazi AfD

September 21, 2017 By John Wojcik

“Despite its name, the AfD is no alternative for Germany. The alternative is solidarity, solidarity of all the anti-fascists. It’s what is in our DNA here.”

Germany’s Left Party puts money where its mouth is on women’s rights

September 19, 2017 By John Wojcik

All leadership bodies in the party must have 50 percent women. For the top positions, no man can hold office unless he has a female co-leader with equal power and responsibilities.

“Ossies,” former East Germans, compare socialist youth with life under capitalism

September 18, 2017 By John Wojcik

"We had an imperfect socialism but I believe we can do it better next time.”