“A vote for the SGP is a vote against war and capitalist barbarism!”

Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei holds final election rally in Berlin

The SGP is running in the early federal elections on February 23 to oppose the all-party coalition for war and social cuts, and to build an international movement against war and capitalism.

Global Wealth Report 2023: An orgy of enrichment for the super-rich

Multimillionaires around the world benefited from the inflation year 2023, while the German super-rich alone increased their wealth by 10 percent to more than €2.1 trillion.

Warning strike in German local public transit:

Break the stranglehold of the Verdi union! Build independent action committees!

Calling the first nationwide public transit strike since 1992, Verdi is reacting to the growing anger of transport workers over intolerable working conditions and low wages. But the union is doing all it can to sabotage the strike.

Berlin: Thousands demonstrate against genocide in Gaza

Mass protests against the Netanyahu government’s genocide of the Palestinian people are increasing worldwide. Despite bans and massive police presence, demonstrations involving thousands took place in numerous cities in Germany over the weekend.

Brutal repression of Palestinians and peace activists in Germany

Germany is openly assuming dictatorial forms. The government is responding to the enormous opposition that is building up against its relentless militarism.

Die Insel (The Island): A harrowing account of the European Union’s murderous refugee policy

Thanks to her lively depictions and her factual, yet sensitive descriptions, the author brings to life the "hell of Moria".

Rising rents in Germany plunge many into poverty

The high rents are already unaffordable for millions. The proportion of affordable housing and social housing on the housing market is falling rapidly.

4,000 teachers take part in warning strike in Berlin as mistrust of GEW trade union grows

Due to the widespread indignation among teachers about the unsustainable conditions in the schools and the far too large classes, the GEW has already been forced eight times in recent months to hold similar protest actions.

Thousands of postal workers in Germany strike again for 15 percent pay rise

In the face of low wages, increasing workloads, the enrichment of the Deutsche Post board and shareholders, billions being spent on war and rearmament, postal workers in Germany are showing a willingness to fight.

Sky Glow (Streulicht)–German novel looks at class society with fresh pair of eyes

Ohde, the daughter of a chemical worker and a Turkish mother, has the first-person narrator return to her father’s house for a short visit in the opening of what is clearly a semi-autobiographical novel.

The German government’s Citizen’s Income: Hartz IV poverty gets a new name

Germany’s new “Citizen’s Income” will only increase the abject poverty of the current 5.3 million recipients of Hartz IV social security payments.

Germany’s “Citizen’s Income” will reinforce poverty levels

The government, together with all the opposition parties know the much touted citizen's income provides barely enough to survive.

Catastrophic situation at Berlin children’s hospitals

The Berlin Children’s Hospitals Initiative has sent a second “open letter” drawing attention to the devastating situation at children’s hospitals and child emergency centres in the capital.

Berlin Transit Companies restrict bus services as schools return in German capital

Local public transport buses are operating “at a somewhat reduced frequency,” as the BVG put it, precisely as the new school year begins, when hundreds of thousands of children, young people and adults return to school and work from their summer holidays.

Berlin Senate imposes education cuts and encourages the contamination of the city schools

In the face of growing criticism of the Senate’s irresponsible policy, Education Senator Astrid-Sabine Busse (SPD) and the city’s mayor Franziska Giffey (SPD) confront pupils, parents and teachers with outright hostility.

German population shows solidarity with Ukrainian refugees in Berlin, authorities display indifference

As in 2015, when tens of thousands of people sought refuge from the wars in the Middle East, especially from Syria, working people in Berlin have responded with overwhelming solidarity to the arrival of Ukrainian refugees.

Berlin: SPD-Left Party-Greens coalition Senate pursues mass infection

The German capital Berlin is a hotspot, where over half a million people have been infected with the virus since the start of the pandemic, of whom over 4100 have died.

Pressure from Berlin bus drivers halts re-introduction of front boarding

Pressure from workers has led to the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe postponing the re-introduction of front boarding for the fourth time.

Mounting opposition against school openings in Germany

While many teachers, parents and students are opposed to opening schools under unsafe conditions, administrators and politicians are arrogantly ignoring their concerns.