Germany
Working class support for One Nation (Part I): Towards an honest explanation
Lisbeth Latham argues the surge in support for One Nation has forced a question the Australian left has avoided answering honestly: why do some workers support a politics that appears to cut against their own material interests?
Elections and the anti‑fascist struggle
Phil Hearse — With the foundation of Your Party and Zack Polanski's victory in the Greens’ leadership election, combined with the surge of support for Reform UK, the importance of elections in combating fascism and the hard right comes to the fore.
‘We rose like the phoenix from the ashes’: Interview with Die Linke’s Janis Ehling
Walden Bello interviews the man behind Die Linke’s come-from-behind victory in the February 2025 Bundestag elections.
Inside Die Linke: An interview on the state of Germany’s left party
Frieda Holm and Maria Sommer discuss the shifting dynamics within Die Linke and building durable infrastructure for the class struggle within and beyond the party.
Germany’s Die Linke: Another way of doing politics
Boris Kanzleiter — Die Linke’s successful campaign in East Berlin epitomizes the changes sweeping through the party.
Building up Germany’s Die Linke after the election
Thomas Goes — Die Linke has staged an impressive comeback, but even more is possible. Through anti-fascist and ecological class politics, it can become the strongest left-of-centre party.
To defeat the far-right surge in Germany, socialists must defend democracy
Thomas Goes — Building a broad, cross-party front is crucial to defeating the far-right surge in Germany.
European conservatives are at an inflection point
Natascha Strobl — Moving away from its historic role, conservatism is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish from the far right.
Kevin B. Anderson — The largest democratic republics in Europe and North America remain in extreme danger, amid ongoing and deepening fascist threats, especially in the United States.
Loren Balhorn — For the first time since the defeat of the Third Reich, a far-right party has won a state-wide election, indicating a profound level of alienation vis-à-vis the political establishment among a wide swathe of the electorate.
Walden Bello — Fascism is at the gates. How should we counter it?
Walden Bello — Two recent events have shattered complacency about the specter of a fascist takeover globally that a number of us have been warning about for some time now.
European elections: Who sows far right policies, reaps the far right
Miguel Urbán Crespo — The recent European elections have illustrated how adopting far-right policies can lead to an increase in far-right influence and representation across Europe.
