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, closing school, universities, non-essential shops, parks, cinemas, restaurants and so on. The speeches also transformed French politics, I think, for the next decade, and they […]
News & Comment
Germany is protecting the economy, not the people
Angela Merkel’s speech to the nation called for “social distance”, but health protection in the workplace is neglected
Photo Gallery: International Women’s Day, 8 March 2020
Photos by Antony Hamilton and Karsten Schmitz
Photos from our meeting: Fighting Fascism from Greece to Germany
7 March 2020, Karl Liebknecht Haus
A Perspective of the current USA electoral process
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 unprivileged members of society. Other argue that Leftists must engage in the democratic process. As the USA elections are a brazen frenzy of money, […]
Health care crisis and short term demands
The aftermath of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). How will we know the pandemic is scientifically ‘over’? What if authoritarian governments extend it?
Photo Gallery – 15 February 2020 against the AfD in Erfurt
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 for Nazis, in the government and everywhere else. After a rally at Dom Square, the demo walked through the central streets of the city up […]
Labouring the Point
Labour ignores its Northern heartlands at its peril
Photos: ‘Freedom for Patrick’ protest
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 the University of Bologna. Patrick was tortured and electrocuted without any true accusations. This campaign is to pressure the Egyptian Authorities to meet the following […]