On December 5, thousands of teachers, public employees, artists and cultural workers, carers and educators protested in Berlin against the Berlin Senate’s plans to cut billions of euros from the city’s budgets for education, culture, health and other areas.
The adoption of the so-called “migration pact” in April has prompted the European Union and leading EU states to escalate their anti-refugee and anti-migrant policies and attack the democratic rights of workers across the board.
These junior politicians have fully supported the pro-war policies of the Greens and are now seeking to exploit the anger these have unleashed for their own advancement.
The attacks on the Belgian Audi workers are part of a broad international strategy by the Volkswagen Group.
SGP members appealed to the Opel workers to support the struggle of US auto workers who have begun to fight back against job cuts and poverty wages. This socialist perspective fell on receptive ears.
The move is a massive attack on press freedom. It aims to strengthen the dictatorial powers of the state apparatus against any genuine--i.e., left-wing--opposition and create yet another precedent for censoring unpopular publications.
The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) condemns these attacks on religious freedom in the strongest possible terms.
The SGP calls for the dissolution of the German secret service apparatus and the immediate removal of
The brutal police actions are part of the intensified persecution of opponents of the war by the German state.
Around 330,000 people took part in over 450 May Day demonstrations and rallies across Germany on Wednesday.
The draft Higher Education Act presented by the Berlin Senate will empower university administrations to de-register students for “criminal offences” such as unauthorised lecture hall occupations, voicing prohibited slogans and other forms of protest.
The bank accounts of Jewish anti-war organisations are once again being blocked in Germany.
An internal paper from the defence ministry, quoted by Der Spiegel, plans to “present options for a German military service model” by 1 April.
For weeks, the German media and establishment politicians have been running a campaign against anti-war students and activists at universities. This reached a new level on February 19 when the Berlin state executive announced it would tighten the Higher Education Act to prevent students from graduating in “certain cases.”
That millions of people have taken to the streets in Germany shows how hated the far right is and that they only see their anger articulated through ongoing demonstrations.
Transit workers in over 80 cities across the country participated in the strike. WSWS reporters spoke to strikers in Berlin.
The GDL train drivers’ union has already backed away from its earlier demands. It wants to prevent a broader mobilisation, but this is precisely what many of the strikers are demanding.
On January 8 the Culture Committee of the Berlin Senate agreed on the introduction of a clause that effectively abolishes artistic freedom.
Germany is currently fuelling the war in Ukraine and Israel's genocide in the Gaza Strip with record levels of arms exports.
Around 10,000 public sector employees took strike action once again Wednesday in Berlin for better working conditions and higher wages.These included teachers and educators from daycare centres and schools, as well as employees of the Senate and district administrations, firefighters and university employees.
