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Passengers enter a U-Bahn underground train during a nationwide strike of Germany's train drivers' union GDL, at Alexanderplatz underground station in Berlin, Germany

Report: Campaigners Say Germany’s €49 Public Transport Ticket Doesn’t Go Far Enough

by Jack McGovan

From 2023, public transport in Germany could cost €1.60 a day. But campaigners say to really cushion the poorest from economic turmoil, the government needs to bring back the cheapest pricing possible.

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Long Read: The Missing Guests at COP27? Drug Barons

by Clemmie James

As long as organised crime controls the world’s carbon sinks, forums like COP27 have the wrong people in the room, writes Clemmie James.

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Report: Amazon Hit by Strikes Across the Globe

by Simon Childs

After wildcat strikes in the UK, workers staged walk-outs and protests at warehouses in the US, Germany and Turkey.

A woman with long curly black hair and a black covid mask holds up a homemade cardboard sign on which is written in pale blue writing: "NHS hero but my purse says zero"

Analysis: No, Higher Wages Won’t Fix the Cost of Living Crisis

by Matteo Tiratelli

Sexy as degrowth may be on the left, it’s productivity gains that have driven rising living standards over the past half-century, writes Matteo Tiratelli.

Analysis: Germany is Projecting Its Holocaust Guilt Onto Palestinians

by Nael Ibrahim

Berlin police arrested 170 people on Nakba Day. Germany isn’t dealing with its own antisemitism – it’s projecting it onto Palestinians, writes Nael Ibrahim.

Peter Limbourg (Director General, Deutsche Welle, Germany) and Salil Shetty (Secretary General, Amnesty International) pictured at the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2017

Report: German State Broadcaster Fires Seven Arab Journalists in Supposed Antisemitism Purge

by Rivkah Brown

Deutsche Welle employees say the firing spree reflects the organisation’s increasingly hardline pro-Israel stance. Rivkah Brown reports.

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Analysis: When It Comes to Drug Laws, Britain is a World Loser

by Kojo Koram

Britain likes to think of itself as a world leader on pretty much everything. But when it comes to drug policy, we couldn't be further behind, writes Kojo Koram.

Downstream: How the Mainstream Media Enabled Climate Denial

Aaron Bastani speaks to George Monbiot about COP26, which countries are climate change leaders and how the mainstream media enabled a culture of climate denial when it mattered most.

Analysis: Germany’s SPD Is About to Take Power. Can It Stick to Leftwing Principles?

by James Jackson

Germany’s social democratic party just won on a leftwing manifesto. As the party enters coalition talks with the right, will the left be hung out to dry?

TyskySour: Extreme Floods and Fires Show Climate Change Out of Control

In the past 2 weeks we've seen heatwaves and wildfires in North America and extreme floods in Europe, India and China. We speak to climate scientist Simon Lewis about just how bad this could get.

A billboard with the text: 'The 4 day week is coming. Go tell your boss.'

Opinion: It’s Not Enough to Defend the Five-Day Week – We Must Demand Four

by Aidan Harper

Overworked Britons breathed a sigh of relief when the Tories abandoned rumoured plans to remove the 48-hour cap on the working week. This scare should shock us out of our complacency about working hours, writes Aidan Harper, and restart the fight for a 32-hour week.

Report: The UK is Rushing to Deport Asylum Seekers Before Brexit, New Data Shows

by Rivkah Brown

Exclusive: The UK is rushing to return asylum seekers to the EU before Brexit makes it harder to do so. Data obtained by Novara Media shows the UK made up to 154% more transfer requests to Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland and Denmark this year, an uptick lawyers say has resulted in a catalogue of harmful and unlawful failings. Rivkah Brown reports.

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NovaraFM: After Barbarism: Rosa Luxemburg’s Revolutionary Life

James Butler is joined by Dana Mills, author of a new critical biography of Rosa Luxemburg, to explore Red Rosa's life, thought and many legacies.

Ash Wednesday: Ash Sarkar Debunks Anti-Migrant Myths

While establishment media jumps at the chance to go on refugee safari in the Channel, Ash Sarkar debunks the myths behind anti-migrant sentiment.

NovaraFM: Left Populism, Coronavirus and Crisis

James Butler is joined by Paolo Gerbaudo to discuss left populism, Italian politics, and the nature of the crisis over the pandemic in Italy, Europe and beyond.

What Can We Learn From Rosa Luxemburg?

by James Butler

A century ago today, Rosa Luxemburg was murdered by the German Freikorps, her body dumped in Berlin's Landwehr canal. But while her death has entered into socialist martyrology, her life and thought - and especially her manner of thinking - still has much to teach us, argues James Butler.

The Italian Election Shows the Left’s Most Difficult Task Is Winning the Argument on Migration

by Paul Mason

Gone are the days when the European left can hope to gain from forming alliances around the political centre, but quelling the rise of authoritarian populism means winning the argument on migration, argues Paul Mason.

Long Read: For the SPD to Learn From Labour, It Has to Grasp What Kind of World We’re In

by Paul Mason

Internal divisions over the prospect of another grand coalition with the Christian Democrats, and now the resignation of leader Martin Schulz, are tearing the German Social Democrats apart. Can they learn from Labour's rejuvenation?