More than 1,500 COVID-19 infections at pork processing plant in Germany
The Tönnies Group, Germany’s largest meat processing firm, has a long record of putting profits before the health and safety of its workforce.
•Marianne Arens and Peter Schwarz
Marianne Arens and Peter Schwarz
Scuffles in German city of Amberg exploited to incite right-wing campaign
Politicians from Bavaria and Berlin have been lining up to outdo each other with proposals for more restrictive asylum laws.
•Marianne Arens and Peter Schwarz
French auto giant PSA announces new cuts at Opel
The PSA board intends to sell off large parts of the International Technical Development Centre (ITEZ) in Rüsselsheim, threatening the jobs of thousands of technicians, engineers and developers
•Marianne Arens and Peter Schwarz
Italy: Five Star Movement makes a deal with the far-right League
The protest movement Five Star and the far-right League have moved closer together. They might now form a coalition government.
•Marianne Arens and Peter Schwarz
The Italian election alliance Potere al Popolo: A repackaging of pseudo-left politics
The driving force behind this new Italian electoral alliance is Rifondazione Comunista, which for many years played a crucial role in stabilising the bourgeois order and suppressing the class struggle.
•Marianne Arens and Peter Schwarz
Italy’s “Black Wave” of neo-fascist attacks
Around 10,000 demonstrators protested last Saturday in the northern Italian city of Como against the “Black Wave”, the increase of neo-fascist attacks throughout the country.
•Marianne Arens and Peter Schwarz
Germany’s Social Democrats prepare to suppress popular opposition
The Social Democratic Party is taking on the task of suppressing opposition to militarism, the strengthening of the state apparatus and social cutbacks.
•Marianne Arens and Peter Schwarz
EU shaken by Italian banking crisis
European economic and financial experts anticipate that Italy’s banking crisis could trigger Europe’s next great crisis.
•Marianne Arens and Peter Schwarz
Italian government crisis remains unresolved
Even after surviving a second no-confidence vote at the beginning of October, the Italian government of Prime Minister Enrico Letta is staggering from one crisis to the next.
•Marianne Arens and Peter Schwarz