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The Coronavirus and the Class Character of German Politics

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The Pope, former UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon, Madonna and many others are in agreement: we’re all in the same boat with regard to the ‘Corona crisis’. But as the saying goes, ‘some are rowing while others steer the boat’. This article looks at German policies during the crisis from the perspective of how they […]

theleftberlin.com – to Infinity and Beyond

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by theleftberlin editorial team   This is the 500th article to appear on this Website. We’ve achieved quite a lot in a relatively short space of time. Our first article was an interview with Greek anti-fascist Petros Constantinou which appeared on October 3rd last year. Our layout has improved some since then, but we believe […]

Wambui Otieno and Pritilata Waddedar

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Rebellious Daughters of History #38 by ,,Judy Cox Why the statues must fall: Wambui Otieno and the Mau Mau Uprising (1936-2011) Wambui was born in Kiambu District in southern Kikuyuland on 1936 to a well-off family of landowners. Her father, Tiras Waiyaki Wantoni, was a police inspector and her three elder brothers were educated in […]

Ada Wright and Claudia Vera Jones

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Rebellious Daughters of History #37 by ,,Judy Cox The fire last time: Ada Wright and the Scottsboro Boys On March 25, 1931, nine young Black men—Haywood Patterson, Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Andy and Roy Wright, Olin Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, and Eugene Williams—were arrested for raping two white women on a train in Paint […]

Kathleen Neal Cleaver and Beryl Gilroy

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Rebellious Daughters of History #36 by ,,Judy Cox and Shona Pollock (guest post) America Rising: From ‘Freedom Now’ to ‘Black Power’: Kathleen Neal Cleaver (1945-) Kathleen Neal Cleaver was born in Dallas, Texas. Her parents were both activists and college graduates of the University of Michigan. When her father joined the Foreign Service, the family […]

Joan Tarika Lewis and Elaine Brown

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Rebellious Daughters of History #35 by ,,Judy Cox America Rising: Joan Tarika Lewis Tarika Lewis grew up in Oakland, California, a town infamous for police brutality and segregation. In the 1960s Tarika studied at Oakland Tech, following in the steps of other Black Panther Party Bobby Hutton and Reginald Forte. She was a talented violinist […]

Fannie Lou Hamer and Billie Holiday

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Rebellious Daughters of History #34 by ,,Judy Cox America Rising: Fannie Lou Hamer (1917 – 1977) “We been waitin’ all our lives, and still gettin’ killed, still gettin’ hung, still gettin’ beat to death. Now we’re tired waitin’!” —Fannie Lou Hamer Fannie Lou Townsend was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi, the last of 20 children. […]