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German elections usher in a new period of instability

Written by Hans-Gerd Öfinger in Germany Tuesday, 29 September 2009
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German elections usher in a new period of instabilitySunday’s elections reveal an enormous shift within the German electorate. Of particular importance is the massive decline of the SPD vote, mirrored by a huge increase in support for DIE LINKE which stands to its left. The victory of the right-wing parties means the German capitalists are preparing for an offensive against the biggest and most powerful working class in Europe. Interesting times lie ahead.

 

Final spurt in the German election campaign

Written by Hans-Gerd Öfinger in Germany Monday, 21 September 2009
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Final spurt in the German election campaignOn September 27 German electors will be voting in the general election. Recent local elections indicate significant growth in support for the Left Party (DIE LINKE). This is also reflected in the beginnings of shift to the left within the ranks of the unions. The crisis of capitalism is leaving its mark on German society.

 

Student Protests Sweep Germany

Written by Alex Dirmeier, left youth and Der Funke, Berlin Monday, 22 June 2009
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Student Protests Sweep Germany. Photo by baccharus.More than 250,000 school and university students, young workers and teachers participated in a nationwide ''educational strike'' all over Germany last week. The biggest demonstrations of the “comprehensive action day“ on Wednesday could be seen in Berlin (nearly 30,000 participants), Stuttgart (15,000) and Hamburg (13,000). Smaller manifestations took place in over 100 cities and towns all over the country. But the rallies were not the end of the story.

   

Germany: "We Won’t Pay For Your Crisis" – 55,000 march in Berlin and Frankfurt

Written by Alex Dirmeier, Left Youth ['solid] Berlin and Hans-Gerd Öfinger, Die Linke Wiesbaden Tuesday, 31 March 2009
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Germany: 'We Won’t Pay For Your Crisis' –  55,000 march in Berlin and FrankfurtAltogether 55,000 people came out onto to the streets on March 28 in Berlin and Frankfurt/Main as part of Saturday's protests across Europe. The speeches and the comments of workers and shop stewards show that major class conflicts are being prepared in Germany in the coming period.
 

IMT Winter School in Berlin – Forward to the future, don’t forget the past

Written by Manuel Reichetseder Friday, 16 January 2009
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IMT Winter School in Berlin – Forward to the future, don’t forget the pastLast weekend the IMT organised the 5th Northern European Winter School in Berlin. 150 comrades and sympathisers from many different countries came to a city with a great revolutionary history and tradition. We set ourselves the target of learning from the ideas and lives of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, and to study the successes and the mistakes of the German Revolution. On Sunday we participated with a sizeable block at the traditional Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht commemoration demonstration.
   

Commemorating Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht

Written by In Defence of Marxism Monday, 05 January 2009
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Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg This month marks the 90th anniversary of the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two outstanding revolutionary leaders of the German working class. To commemorate that tragic day we are republishing Rosa Luxemburg's last article "Order Prevails in Berlin", Karl Liebknecht's famous speech against voting the war credits in the German parliament in 1914 and his 1915 leaflet "The Main Enemy Is At Home!".
 

Come to the International Marxist Tendency’s Fifth Winter School in Berlin (10-11 January 2009)

Written by In Defence of Marxism Tuesday, 25 November 2008
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Come to the International Marxist Tendency’s Fifth Winter School in BerlinThe January 2009 commemoration of the assassination of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht at the cemetery where they are buried is expected to be very large. The IMT Winter School is combining a large variety of seminars with participation in the commemoration.
   

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