[In fact, what we publish below only gives you an inkling of Wagenknecht’s newsletter, as the texts provide an introduction to video clips where she develops her views.  But better than nothing.]

This is Sahra Wagenknecht’s newsletter. In it, I provide regular updates on my activities and current political issues.

Attack on Venezuela, plans to annex Greenland, threats against Europe, boundless self-praise in Davos – Donald Trump makes no secret of his power interests and is thus ruthlessly destroying the lies that German transatlanticists have been living. Because, of course, it is a fairy tale that American foreign policy before Trump was on the side of good, morality and noble values, and that since Trump everything has suddenly changed… The selfless protective power of the USA never existed. But what does Trump want, what are the central motivations behind his policies? And how does he actually differ from his predecessors? In my latest weekly review, I talk about how hypocritical the reactions to Trump’s imperial behaviour are and why Germany and Europe must finally end their subservience to the US.

The real work-shy

While the federal government’s policies are causing companies to relocate or go bankrupt in droves, Chancellor Merz stands up and accuses employees of being to blame for the poor economic situation because they are allegedly lazy and overpaid. What an outrage! Instead of attacking the workers who get up every morning and keep our country running, the federal government should do its job and create decent conditions for the economy to recover. It is not the workers who are lazy, but the federal government that is incompetent!

No money for Nord Stream terrorists!

For the first time, a German court has confirmed that Ukraine must be behind the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines. In a ruling on an appeal against detention by one of the Ukrainian suspects, the Federal Court of Justice stated that the bombing of Nord Stream was an ‘act of sabotage on behalf of a foreign intelligence service’. In the court’s view, this was not an attack on a legitimate target in the war against Russia, but an attack on Germany’s civilian infrastructure and sovereignty: ‘The acts of sabotage endangered the basic energy supply of the German population and affected the internal security of the Federal Republic.’ How can it be that Ukraine commits an act of state terrorism against our energy infrastructure and the German government continues to give Kiev billions in German taxpayers’ money? I believe that the German government must no longer allow itself to be pushed around! No more taxpayers’ money for weapons for Ukraine! Reopen Nord Stream!

Merz now a ‘Putin sympathiser’?

Russia is our largest European neighbour and a European country with which we should seek to find common ground? Chancellor Friedrich Merz has now apparently come to this remarkable realisation, for which the BSW has been criticised by politicians and the media for years. Better late than never, one might say. The only question is: what does this mean for the German government’s policy?

Sunday at 6 p.m.: Discussion with rapper Finch

With his song ‘Kein Bock auf Krieg’ (No desire for war), rapper Finch has taken a stand against conscription and militarisation. While this courageous statement spoke from the hearts of many young people who have ‘no desire’ to be conscripted into compulsory service or even sent to war as cannon fodder, it was also met with fierce criticism from some supporters of military service. What motivated the artist to take a stand against war and for peace? How does he deal with the intolerant culture of debate and stereotypical thinking that characterise the discussion of more and more political issues? As a native of Brandenburg, how does he view the often arrogant treatment of East Germany by politicians and the media? And why does he share the view that exclusion and speech bans are not the right way to deal with the AfD? I discuss these and other questions in my podcast with Finch, which will be available on my YouTube channel on Sunday at 6 p.m.