The Federal Republic of Germany annexed the German Democratic Republic today 34 years ago. The capitalist takeover of the former state-owned businesses that had been a source of employment for many GDR citizens was an economic catastrophe for them.
The transition from a state that prioritized collective ownership to a neoliberal laboratory for West German capitalists came at the expense of the East German people. For many, their right to work as they had known it abruptly ceased to exist.
Over three decades later, the economic gap between East and West Germany continues to be a dividing line in the country, and, if anything, it is widening. The challenges posed by rising homelessness, a cost of living crisis, and stagnating wages in present-day Germany starkly contrast to the economic stability and guaranteed employment and housing that the citizens of the former GDR enjoyed.
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Last night, Germany’s taxpayer-funded state broadcaster, @ZDF, contacted us and essentially accused us of trying to destabilize Germany due to a video we published. The video shows a white German racist threatening to kill a pro-Palestine solidarity activist. The victim, a young Muslim woman, had just left a demonstration in Berlin.
In one email, this @ZDF 'journalist' managed to:
1. Suggest that the incident seen in the video (the so-called 'cut-throat gesture') didn’t happen.
2. Imply that by publishing this video (i.e., doing the journalism they are failing to do), we are trying to destabilize Germany.
3. Do all of this with arrogance.
This sums up the current atmosphere in Germany, where up is down, and down is up. Racist death threats are dismissed, and genocide is denied. This reality has not emerged from pockets of impoverished East Germany but from the top-down influence of the German ruling class.
Massive explosions north of Tel Aviv in Hod Hasharon were revealed in a newly-released video of Iran’s latest retaliatory attacks. Widespread Israeli censorship of footage of the scale of Iran’s ballistic missile wave has been reported.
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The moment a Yemeni drone-boat hit the British oil tanker “Cordelia Moon” when the ship’s crew failed to stop it by firing light weapons. Ansarallah confirmed the direct hit involving also eight ballistic and cruise missiles in the Red Sea two days ago.
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“Ideas don’t die. The idea is the liberation of Palestine” — these were the words of Palestinian revolutionary Leila Khaled after Israel assassinated Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. Listen as she describes how Israel’s brutality only reaffirms the Palestinian liberation struggle.
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Molotovs, improvised explosives, water cannons and tear gas were used during fierce clashes at the National University in Colombia's capital Bogotá. The unrest was in response to police use of firearms at similar protests a few days ago.
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“They think they are the masters of the air. We are the masters of the earth” — Lebanese people tell red. what they think of the Israeli invasion and what awaits the invading forces.
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Resistance fighters in Lebanon have successfully ambushed invading Israeli forces in the first real engagement with an Israeli commando unit attempting to breach the Lebanese border. The Israeli military reported the death of one soldier.
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Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez explains how the US stole CITGO, Venezuela’s state subsidiary company, and why investments of other countries in the US are also in danger.
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Watch this Jordanian man casually lighting his cigarette with the wreckage of an Iranian missile.
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Watch Israeli settlers in hysterics as Iranian missiles light up the sky above them.
Читать полностью…Iranian Revolutionary Guards:
"In response to the martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and martyr Nilforoshan, we have targeted the heart of the occupied territories.
If the Zionist regime responds to this Iranian operation, it will face severe retaliatory attacks."
🟡 BREAKING: Israel is targeting journalists in Lebanon in new airstrikes on Dahiyeh. Amongst the several buildings it flattened, Israel destroyed Hezbollah’s public relations office where journalists gather frequently. Just yesterday, the office organized a tour for journalists to report on recent Israeli attacks.
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Workers in Tennessee were left to die by management during Hurricane Helene. Six workers, predominantly Latinos, were killed in devastating flooding that was completely foreseeable. But management refused to let workers leave until it was too late. Listen to this worker who survived the lethal negligence of the company.
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Students and lecturers joined forces in Argentina for mass marches across the country against libertarian President Javier Milei for pushing devastating cuts to education. Argentina has one of the best university systems in the Americas and it’s currently being dismantled.
Many of the protesters are calling on the country’s union confederation, the General Confederation of Labor, to organize a general strike against Milei. Currently, the movement is made up of fragmented mobilizations which limit its strength.
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Israeli drones hit a weapons depot near the Russian Hmeimim Airbase in Syria’s Latakia province, red. can confirm via local journalists.
More than 50 drones were used in the attack with most missiles intercepted by Russian and Syrian air defences.
The attack comes the day after Israel air raids on residential areas in Damascus that have killed one journalist while she was at home and another that killed the Hassan Qusayr, son-in-law of late Hezbollah General Secretary, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah.
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Israel “sends troops” but Iran “escalates” ?
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🟡 NOW: Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon hit yet another setback as Hezbollah confirmed the destruction of three Merkava tanks. In a direct confrontation, guided missiles hammered the Israeli Merkavas as they pushed toward the town of Maroun al-Ras in southern Lebanon.
Читать полностью…The anniversary of October 7 is approaching, marking the day when “Gaza broke out of prison” as resistance groups attacked the settler-colonial state of Israel.
We spoke with the Axis of Resistance—Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the PFLP, Hezbollah, and Ansarallah—about the impact of October 7 and how the world has changed since then.
We also asked about the gains and losses from that day and what could have been done differently. Stay tuned for exclusive interviews starting on October 4, 2024.
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🟡 NOW: At least 14 Israeli soldiers have been eliminated by Hezbollah fighters on southern Lebanese soil in fresh clashes, according to Sky News Arabia. The deadly pushback marks one of the first face-to-face ground clashes since Israel‘s invasion.
Читать полностью…German police violently assaulted a Celtic fan for carrying a Palestinian flag during last night’s Champions League match against Dortmund at Signal Iduna Park in the city of Dortmund.
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Over 1,000 Samsung workers in Chennai, India, have been on strike for four weeks, making it India’s biggest strike in recent years. The protests, held in a makeshift tent near the factory, have disrupted production at the plant, which contributed to a fifth of Samsung’s $12 billion revenue in India for 2022-23.
The Samsung plant employs roughly 1,800 workers. More than 1,000 workers on strike are demanding higher wages and union recognition.
The protests have since been met with repression by Indian authorities. Around 850 Samsung employees and 60 workers linked to the labor group Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), which is leading the protest, were detained before being released the same day.
Samsung has warned the striking workers they risk losing their jobs and has taken CITU members to court, saying the strike is illegal. However, the workers on strike disagree, vowing to continue their protest until their demands are met.
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Insanely close encounter with an Iranian missile impacting close to a highway in Occupied Palestine.
Читать полностью…Watch Palestinians in Ramallah pose for selfies on an Iranian missile.
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