[Labour Affairs: This long letter from the leadership of the BSW comes at a difficult time for the party. After a strong showing in regional elections at the end of 2024, the failure to gain seats in the Bundestag at the recent general election in February came as a crushing disappointment. However, the letter is … Continue reading Sahra Wagenknecht Group—Letter to Supporters
There is nothing in the recent history of the US to suggest that it would ever choose peace over primacy. After the dissolution of the USSR in 1989, the US saw an opportunity for advancing its primacy in the world. It took it and, in Europe, began expanding NATO’s borders eastwards towards Russia, despite having agreed not … Continue reading Peace or Primacy—Editorial 2
The new party, Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance - Reason and Justice, is putting up candidates for the 9 June EU elections. Note that Wagenknecht puts the death of Navalny at the door of the Russian authorities, without proof, but she highlights the fate of the West’s prisoner of conscience, Julian Assange, at the same time. Preventing a … Continue reading Sahra Wagenknecht Newsletters February
Eamon Dyas The New Imperialism is adding the exploitation of Third World Human Resources to the traditional exploitation of Material Resources. The Labour Minister says that Germany is looking to African countries to fill its skills shortage. Just like the 19th century rush to Africa, Germany has been late to this particular imperialism. Modern imperial exploitation … Continue reading Germany to further liberalize immigration
Nordstream 2, Germany and the US Jack Coldrick I’m increasingly getting the feeling that the current security crisis in Ukraine is being fuelled by this issue. Ultimately, the final decision was in Germany’s hands and the agreement between Merkel and Biden was an acknowledgment of that fact. But the dynamics seem to have changed after the … Continue reading Nordstream 2
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