Germany
German ‘traffic light’ coalition collapses, new election to be held
December 4, 2024Christian Democrats hoping to take over after winter-time national election.
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1933: Communist Party packs Madison Square Garden for anti-fascist rally
November 1, 2024With Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally drawing comparisons to the Nazi event hosted at the same venue in 1939, we look back to 1933 when the Communist Party USA packed the Garden to launch the united...
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Former GDR minister: Western politicians still don’t grasp devastation of forced capitalist transition
October 25, 2024Resilience and marginalization in post-unification Germany.
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Germans remember the days and demise of the German Democratic Republic
October 18, 2024A country of a new type rose up on the ashes left by fascists but ultimately could not overcome a massive operation determined to destroy it.
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The German Democratic Republic, a socialist state still villainized long after its demise
October 7, 2024Oct. 7, 2024, marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the German Democratic Republic. For several years in the 1980s, People’s World Editor John Wojcik served as chair of the U.S. Committee for Friendship with...
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