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Germany: Moves towards a new “left party†?
New opposition to SPD government offer big opportunities.
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Germany: Struggles develop as crisis deepens
As socialistworld.net has previously reported, Germany has witnessed a wave of protests and strikes both on the industrial and social fields, as well as series of student strikes, towards the end of last year.
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Germany: Thousands of students protest to defend education
70,000 university students took to the streets in Frankfurt, Berlin and Leipzig on Saturday, 13 December, defending the right to decent education.
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Germany: Kassel strikes against neo-liberal policies
On 9 December, in Kassel, in Hessen state, the first cross sector local work stoppage against social cuts, and in defence of free wage bargaining, took place. This action is part of the current wave […]
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Germany: Cross sector strike action planned in Kassel (Hessen)
On 9 December, strike action against the bosses’ federation attacks on wages and conditions and national bargaining will take place in Kassel and the Northhessen region. The strikes will also be directed against the social […]
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Germany: Work stoppages and protests planned against government attacks
“We are witnesses and protagonists of a newly- now unstoppable- broad social protest movement in Germany. The mood…amongst the population, and even more in the workplaces and councils, has turned in the past weeks”. (From […]
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Germany: 100,000 demonstrate against Schröder’s Social Cuts
Today’s much bigger than expected 100,000 strong Berlin protest against social cuts has demonstrated the enormous discontent and rage that is building up in Germany.
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Germany: Biggest union backs anti-cuts demo
October 25 saw the congress of biggest trade union in the world, ver.di, unanimously back the anti-cuts demo called for November 1 in Berlin.
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Germany in crisis: “This policy deserves no applause!” – but resistance!
It is a tradition for the German chancellor and the leaders of the political parties to give a speech to the national congresses of the big trade unions.
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Germany: Schröder’s all-out assault on workers and the unemployed
Schröder’s policy statement amounts to a declaration of war on the workers, the unemployed and the pensioners. He has presented a catalogue of cruelty which severely cuts back the standard of living, the social security […]