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9 November 1918: Karl Liebknecht announces a “free German socialist republic”

by Phil Butland on 04/11/2025
This week in working class history
College anti-Nazi activist Sophie Scholl and classmates (black and white)
News and Analysis

Germany’s dangerous political calculation

by Sascha Cornejo P on 03/11/2025
An essay on new German victimhood, Holocaust remembrance, and genocide deniers
Working class history

30 October 1947 – Bertolt Brecht appears before the House Un-American Committee

by Phil Butland on 28/10/2025
This week in working class history
Working class history

23 October 1956 – Start of Hungarian revolution

by Phil Butland on 21/10/2025
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Working class history

16 October 1968: Tommie Smith and John Carlos celebrate Olympic victory with a Black Power salute

by Phil Butland on 15/10/2025
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Working class history

4 October 1936 – The Battle of Cable Street

by Phil Butland on 30/09/2025
This week in working class history
DDR stamp featuring the bust of Karl Marx with a colorful cityscape in the background.
Long Read

Yes, the German Democratic Republic was socialist—and we have much to learn from it

by Internationale Forschungsstelle DDR on 27/09/2025
Response to 'Red Flag: No, East Germany wasn’t socialist—and neither is “democratic socialism”'
Working class history

1 October 1965 – Attempted coup in Indonesia leads to Suharto dictatorship

by Phil Butland on 23/09/2025
This week in working class history
Working class history

20 September 1973 – Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs

by Phil Butland on 16/09/2025
This week in working class history
A mural depicting a socialist utopia: two smiling people with symbols of science and advancement swirling around them.
News and Analysis

Red Flag:  No, East Germany wasn’t socialist—and neither is “democratic socialism”

by Nathaniel Flakin on 10/09/2025
In his weekly column, Nathaniel Flakin critiques controversial statement by Die Linke's Heidi Reichinnek
Working class history

11 September 1973: Putsch in Chile—the other 9/11

by Phil Butland on 10/09/2025
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Working class history

September 4, 2009 – Kunduz massacre

by Phil Butland on 02/09/2025
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