Victor Grossman

Victor Grossman is a journalist from the U.S. now living in Berlin. He fled his U.S. Army post in the 1950s in danger of reprisals for his left-wing activities at Harvard and in Buffalo, New York. He landed in the former German Democratic Republic (Socialist East Germany), studied journalism, founded a Paul Robeson Archive, and became a freelance journalist and author. His latest book, A Socialist Defector: From Harvard to Karl-Marx-Allee, is about his life in the German Democratic Republic from 1949 – 1990, the tremendous improvements for the people under socialism, the reasons for the fall of socialism, and the importance of today's struggles.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Victor Grossman

World

“Je suis Charlie” – but I have other names as well!
January 12, 2015 By Victor Grossman
"I am Gul Rahman! I am Abu Zubaydah! I am Charles Horman and Ken Saro-Wiwa! I am Ghassan Kanafani and Victor Jara!"
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In Dresden, PEGIDA meets opposition
January 7, 2015 By Victor Grossman
Racism 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.
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Reds and Greens triumphant in Germany
December 8, 2014 By Victor Grossman
In 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.
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Germany sees confrontations with police too
December 4, 2014 By Victor Grossman
Police 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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Spanish Civil War vet Almudever is as lively as ever at 95
November 18, 2014 By Victor Grossman
Fighters and Friends of the Spanish Republic welcomed one of the very last International Brigade survivors, Joseph Almudever.
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German election results reflect rightwing hypocrisy on Berlin Wall
November 12, 2014 By Victor Grossman
U.S. readers are now probably wondering and/or worrying about their own election results. But, different as they may be, there are similarities between there and Germany.
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Germany continues along austerity track
October 23, 2014 By Victor Grossman
Tragic when it doesn't occur to an economics minister that needed investments in infrastructure and education could be made if only taxes on the upper class were increased.
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Why the Berlin Wall fell remains a relevant question today
October 6, 2014 By Victor Grossman
For millions, the opening of the Berlin Wall 25 years ago resulted in genuine and understandable euphoria.
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