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Decay and its mouthpieces: On the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance and the AfD
Image via the KKE Via the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Following the election victory of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, and the lamentations of the country’s Social Democracy over the “rise of the far right”, it is worth recalling who Sahra Wagenknecht is, and what the “Alliance” of the same name is. This Alliance is offering its seats to the AfD in order to form a government. Wagenknecht was an MP for Die Linke from 2004. Her

The Left Chapter
Sep 162 min read


On the German Elections: KKE
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) on the election results in Germany: Only a revitalized workers’ and people’s movement can provide an answer to the far right and false polarities In a statement on the election results in Germany, the Press Office of the Central Committee of the KKE notes the following: The attack on workers’ and people’s rights by the bourgeois political forces such as liberalism, social democracy, the pseudo-left, and others, the social contradictions int

The Left Chapter
Sep 102 min read


What measures did the GDR take against right-wing subcultures?
The youth subculture in the late GDR was largely anti-communist: East Berlin skinhead poses in his apartment (12.8.1990) -- image via Junge Welt Interview with Stefan Wellgraf, Institute of European Ethnology, Humboldt University of Berlin. Junge Welt, 16 January 2026. Translation and notes by Helmut-Harry Loewen. Richard Malone: Your newly published book ”Staatsfeinde” ("Enemies of the State") deals with "right-wing subcultures in East Germany since the 1970s." A contributio

The Left Chapter
Jan 165 min read


Germany and the EU Embrace Military Keynesianism
German armored personnel carrier in Bavaria, Germany, November, 2024 -- public domain image By Matthew Read Just days before its...
Michael Laxer
Mar 21, 20254 min read


"Peace will not be won in the parliament": DKP on the German elections
Election posters for the 2025 federal election Scholz and Merz -- conceptphoto.info , Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license,...
Michael Laxer
Feb 26, 20253 min read


The Entry of a New German Left Party Shakes up the Country
Sahra Wagenknecht at the founding press conference of the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht, BSW -- image via video screenshot By Vijay Prashad...
Michael Laxer
Jan 24, 20245 min read
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