Weidel and the White House won the federal elections in Germany
Alice Weidel, leader of Germany’s far-right AfD party, and Elon Musk, advertising a livestream chat in advance of the federal election. Photo from X. It was the budget, stupid. Las...
Ingo Schmidt
Germany’s new right: Trading on nostalgia for past prosperity in an age of uncertainty
Co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and the party’s candidate for chancellor, Alice Weidel, features on the cover of a 2023 edition of Stern magazine. Photo by…
Guns n’ gas: the German government’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
A Ukrainian tank during in a drill in the Dnipropetrovsk region, February 8, 2022. Photo courtesy the Press Service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As…
German elections: Change, no change
Germany’s Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals want to form a government but are unable to come up with a program that would at least point in the direction of fixing…
‘There is no Alternative Unless We Build One’
Photo by Roger Blackwell The varied left histories dating back to the long 19th century gained momentum during the tumultuous first decades of the 20th century and for some time…
‘There is no Alternative Unless We Build One’: Reinventing Socialist Politics
Photo by Pasu Au Yeung The varied left histories dating back to the long 19th century gained momentum during the tumultuous first decades of the 20th century and for some…
May Day 2013
Stock markets around the world have made up the losses they incurred during the 2008–09 financial crisis and the workers of the world are paying the price for this recovery.…