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A 'Krankenhausbewegung' holds a sign reading, "We won't let ourselves be broken'. Bernd Friedel via Reuters Connect

Feature: Meet the German Health Workers Who Beat Overwork and Saved Lives

by Polly Smythe

German hospital workers were told that by going on strike they were endangering patients. But staff cuts were already creating chaos on wards. Polly Smythe reports.

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.

A group of officials sit at a panel facing aslant to the camera with microphones in front of them

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.

Amazon workers protesting in California. Photo: @ieamazonworkers on Twitter

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.

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.