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Friedrich Merz Finally Gets to Be Chancellor

by Rowan Gaudet on 07/05/2025
Merz has dreamt of this since the 1990s, potentially a nightmare for the rest of us
Beyazıt Square, Istanbul University
News and Analysis

A Look at the Protests in Turkey from Afar 

by Fatal Hata on 02/05/2025
In response to the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, a wave of protests led by students erupted across Turkey, uniting diverse political groups and challenging Erdoğan’s regime.
News and Analysis

The Revolution Will Not Be Authorised

by Inês Colaço on 25/04/2025
51 years since the Carnation Revolution, its inspirational memory has become a battleground.
News and Analysis

Red Flag: Die Linke And War Credits

by Nathaniel Flakin on 02/04/2025
Socialists have always said: not one cent for militarism. It's a betrayal that ministers from Die Linke voted for the German government's trillion-euro rearmament
News and Analysis

Catching fire

by Yasmine Djidel on 16/02/2025
What is fuelling the collapse of diplomatic relations between Algeria and France?
News and Analysis

The new Irish Government’s dubious beginnings on Palestine: a history and explainer

by Seán Ó Maoilearna on 01/02/2025
The new government is in, and it is sending signals that it will abandon Ireland’s recent progress on Palestine. How did we get here, and what can be done about it?
Photo from Klasse Gegen Klasse
News and Analysis

Who Should Socialists Vote for in the Upcoming German Elections?

by Nathaniel Flakin on 31/01/2025
Polls predict a major shift to the right. Should socialists hold their noses and try to keep Die Linke in parliament? Nathaniel Flakin of Klasse Gegen Klasse makes the case for independent, working-class, revolutionary socialist candidacies.
News and Analysis

Germany is Remilitarising, Again

by Rowan Gaudet on 18/01/2025
Facing an Increasingly Rightwing Society and a Threat From the East, Politicians are Placing their Bets on a Militarised Germany
News and Analysis

Red Flag: Why Do You Never See German Politicians on the Bus?

by Nathaniel Flakin on 15/01/2025
White-collar corruption in the Bundestag makes a mockery of representative democracy that rewards Germany's most venal individuals.
News and Analysis

6th International Marxist Feminist Conference 2025 Call for Papers

by The Left Berlin on 08/01/2025
6th International Marxist Feminist Conference 2025
News and Analysis

A Year of Genocide, Repression, and Resistance

by Phil Butland on 01/01/2025
A round-up of the most read articles on theleftberlin.com in 2024.
News and Analysis

What are the CDU Promising this Election?

by Rowan Gaudet on 22/12/2024
Leading polls, their election manifesto promises tax cuts, more deportations, militarisation and undoing both the Selbsbestimmunggesetz and citizenship reforms
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