Victor Grossman
LATEST ARTICLES BY Victor Grossman
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PEGIDA: Horrors and contradictions
February 5, 2015In Germany the ultra-right is building bases in towns and villages while the government fears any progress which threatens their austerity policy.
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Germany today: People challenging new right extremists
January 22, 2015Recent events here in Germany remind me of a playground see-saw, with constant ups and downs of one side and the other.
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“Je suis Charlie” – but I have other names as well!
January 12, 2015"I am Gul Rahman! I am Abu Zubaydah! I am Charles Horman and Ken Saro-Wiwa! I am Ghassan Kanafani and Victor Jara!"
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In Dresden, PEGIDA meets opposition
January 7, 2015Racism and fascism are real dangers here and elsewhere. One can hope that this weapon of biting sarcasm will at least rein in the PEGIDA danger.
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Reds and Greens triumphant in Germany
December 8, 2014In a way the victory recalled those of Obama in 2008 and 2012. They marked an amazing defeat of racists; this coalition is a blow to primitive anti-communism.
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Germany sees confrontations with police too
December 4, 2014Police confrontations in Germany have not been quite as severe as some have been in Ferguson. But some have been dramatic enough.
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Spanish Civil War vet Almudever is as lively as ever at 95
November 18, 2014Fighters and Friends of the Spanish Republic welcomed one of the very last International Brigade survivors, Joseph Almudever.
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German election results reflect rightwing hypocrisy on Berlin Wall
November 12, 2014U.S. readers are now probably wondering and/or worrying about their own election results. But, different as they may be, there are similarities between there and Germany.
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