Text drafted by Eoghan Finn and Adam Pakulski for GUE/NGL (European United Left-Nordic Green Left) With Germany assuming the EU Presidency this month, Left MEPs are in no doubt just how important the next six months will be – not just for the EU, but for the future and the survival of the EU. […]
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Macron Switches Prime Minister after Losing Local Elections
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Shirley Graham Du Bois and Katharine Chidley
Rebellious Daughters of History #42 by ,,Judy Cox Black America Rising: Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896 – 1977) Lola Shirley Graham Jr. was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1896, one of six children. Her father was an African Methodist Episcopal minister. In June 1915, Shirley graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane, Washington. […]
Shirley Chisholm and Bina Das
Rebellious Daughters of History #41 by Glyn Robbins (guest contribution) and ,,Judy Cox Shirley Chisholm (1924 – 2005) Shirley Chisholm was a trail-blazer for insurgent US politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She was the first black woman elected to Congress, returned by the people of her native working class Brooklyn neighbourhood in 1968. Four years later, […]
Charlene Alexander Mitchell, Esther Georgia Irving Cooper and Esther Cooper Jackson
Rebellious Daughters of History #40 by ,,Judy Cox America Rising: Charlene Alexander Mitchell (1930) Born in Cincinnati in 1930 in Ohio, Charlene migrated with her working-class family to Chicago. During the World War II, she grew up in the Frances Cabrini Housing Rowhouses and took classes at nearby Moody Bible Institutes. When she was just […]
Leela Roy and Emma Tenayuca
Rebellious Daughters of History #39 by Farida Haque (guest contribution) and ,,Judy Cox Why the Statues Must Fall: Leela Roy (Bengali: লীলা রায়) (1900 – 1970) Leela was born into an upper middle class Bengali Hindu Kayastha family in Sylhet in Bengal and educated at the Bethune College in Calcutta, graduating with a gold medal […]
The Coronavirus and the Class Character of German Politics
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
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 […]