Berlin
German communists hit out at police brutality on Rosa Luxemburg march
January 12, 2021Police have been condemned for brutality after attacking a peaceful demonstration in the capital Berlin with pepper spray.
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Will musical and film triumphs spill over into German politics?
September 18, 2019On August 24, the famed Berliner Philharmoniker (the Berlin Philharmonic) offered an amazing performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at Brandenburg Gate.
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Berliners win a few battles in their fight for affordable housing
July 29, 2019One tenant says public control “might be the only way that people can afford to be able to live here.”
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New York-born GI who defected to the East back in USA
May 22, 2019Grossman is speaking about his new book: A Socialist Defector: From Harvard to Karl-Marx-Allee. The book tells about his life in the German Democratic Republic from 1949 – 1990 and reasons for the fall of socialism...
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Despite internal differences, Germany’s Die Linke struggles for unity against the right
April 19, 2019In a party of many ideological groupings, the Communist Platform is trying to stake out strong left-wing positions while also preserving unity.
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