My parents are fading right before my eyes – but leftists only exist in my world, not theirs. My powerlessness in the face of my father’s situation reflects the current inability of the societal left to play a meaningful role for the exploited.
COVID, Climate, and capitalism - the crises without borders
Economically prosperous nations routinely base their policy decisions on what is best for international corporations. It will take a concerted, global effort to overcome these structural barriers to vaccine access...
The German media, always happy about another juicy anniversary, has for days been marking the date, sixty years ago, when the “Berlin Wall” was constructed - August 13 1961 – proof that the ”real-socialist” system in East Germany was a failure.
The liveliness and invention of Heinrich Heine’s writing changed 19th century German literature for the better. Poet, writer, literary critic, satirist and ironist, but banned in his homeland and expatriated to Paris, he was well appreciated by Marx
The descendants of the victims of Namibia’s genocide have vowed to continue their quest for direct reparation, after disowning the settlement struck between their government and Germany.
World in trouble — Cuba, Tunisia, Iran, Myanmar
It is somewhat ironic that thousands of Jews in Israel are getting reparations and passports from Germany because of expulsion, loss of property and persecution, yet Israel will not allow Palestinians to return to a land from which they were expelle
When popular struggles defy borders and demand statehood, and left views on the Palestine crisis
Violence and defiance in Palestine, the return of Austro-Marxism, and more reports and analysis from five continents
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