Map: Authorised demonstrations on May 1st, 2020. If you want to join a demonstration, contact the organiser first to ensure that particpant numbers are not exceeded. We make no guarantee as to the accuracy of this information. May 1st — International Workers’ Day — is usually a major event in Berlin, with countless protests across […]
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Guernica – a painting of our time
On the 83rd anniversary of the bombing of Guernica, we republish this article from our old Website, originally written for the 80th anniversary.
Solidarity from Brandenburg farmers in times of corona
Why this article? I decided to write this article in an attempt to bring a voice of encouragement and cohesion, as well as a voice from the farming community, to the table, given the fear and confusion now being experienced by so many. There is a simple explanation why I am writing as a farmer: […]
Exit Strategy of the German Federal Government
Hot Air and Wrong Priorities
Schulpflicht in Times of Corona is Racist – and Murderous
Even when there isn’t a deadly virus roaming the streets and the U-Bahn, the German school system is still racist af
The Problem of Pablo Picasso
Introduction Picasso poses a problem for the supporters of Marxist-Leninist view of socialist art. What ideology – both subjectively and objectively – did he represent? What are the advocates of realism in the arts to make of Picasso’s love of gross anatomical distortions? How do most people react to his, perhaps most famous work […]
Please stop telling me that everything‘s fine in Germany
Reports that Angela Merkel’s government is dealing well with the Covid pandemic are not based in reality
How Berlin nursery workers are affected by Coronavirus
Some thoughts of a nursery worker after a stressful week
Macron and France in the Deluge
The epidemic in France has already claimed 2 000 lives, and it is early days yet. Two presidential speeches, Thursday 12th March and Monday 16th March, have transformed life in France, closing school, universities, non-essential shops, parks, cinemas, restaurants and so on. The speeches also transformed French politics, I think, for the next decade, and they […]