Reports that Angela Merkel's government is dealing well with the Covid pandemic are not based in reality
Some thoughts of a nursery worker after a stressful week
The epidemic in France has already claimed 2 000 lives, and it is early days yet. Two presidential speeches, Thursday 12th March and Monday 16th March, have transformed life in France, […]
Angela Merkel's speech to the nation called for "social distance", but health protection in the workplace is neglected
Photos by Antony Hamilton and Karsten Schmitz
7 March 2020, Karl Liebknecht Haus
At the best of times, leftists are divided about what to make of electoral politics. Opinions range from those who argue they will never result in meaningful change for the […]
The aftermath of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). How will we know the pandemic is scientifically ‘over’? What if authoritarian governments extend it?
18 000 demonstrated on February 15 on the streets of Erfurt to protest the dangerous political games of FDP and CDU with AfD and declare that there is no space […]
Labour ignores its Northern heartlands at its peril
Patrick George Zaki, 28 year old Egyptian human rights activist, was abducted at Cairo International Airport upon his arrival from Bologna, Italy where he currently studies for his MD at […]
GERMANY State apparatus moves to ramp up deportations Horst Seehofer wants new police powers to carry out immigration checks beyond border areas and use Tasers on detainees. Meanwhile, police propose […]