Germany
PEGIDA: Horrors and contradictions
February 5, 2015In Germany the ultra-right is building bases in towns and villages while the government fears any progress which threatens their austerity policy.
Read moreGermany today: People challenging new right extremists
January 22, 2015Recent events here in Germany remind me of a playground see-saw, with constant ups and downs of one side and the other.
Read moreIn Dresden, PEGIDA meets opposition
January 7, 2015Racism and fascism are real dangers here and elsewhere. One can hope that this weapon of biting sarcasm will at least rein in the PEGIDA danger.
Read moreReds and Greens triumphant in Germany
December 8, 2014In a way the victory recalled those of Obama in 2008 and 2012. They marked an amazing defeat of racists; this coalition is a blow to primitive anti-communism.
Read moreGermany sees confrontations with police too
December 4, 2014Police confrontations in Germany have not been quite as severe as some have been in Ferguson. But some have been dramatic enough.
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