How did an ailing strip mall video game retailer become headline news around the world? And what does this tell us about how capitalism works?
News & Comment
News from Berlin and Germany: 6 February, 2021
Weekly news roundup from Berlin and Germany
More voting rights for Spaniards living abroad
The removal of the “voto rogado” proposed by Unidas Podemos “will put an end to a historical democratic deficit suffered by emigrants”
Ten Years of Arab Spring in Egypt – Revolution and Back Again
LINKE MP Christine Buchholz recalls her visit to Egypt in 2012. She argues that the Days of Hope have been crushed by the Sisi régime – which has been backed to the hilt by the German government
For the Right to Desire
Abortion is now legal in Argentina, as the result of a long struggle. The debate was never about Abortion: Yes or No, but about Abortion: legal or clandestine. A contribution from an Argentinian feminist
Navalny and Putin – Is there a good guy here?
Who does Alexei Navalny represent?
One year of coronavirus ‘lockdowns’
One year after Wuhan, the British government’s Covid-19 strategy is in tatters. It didn’t have to be like this
News from Berlin and Germany: 30 January, 2021
Weekly news roundup from Berlin and Germany
ECHOES AND ELECTIONS
Victor Grossman’s latest Berlin Bulletin looks at elections in the US and Germany