Germany

The Rigors Of Organizing: On The Road With The German Climate Resistance

February 28, 2019 Jeff Ordower, Counterpunch.org Resist! Climate Change, Germany

Recently, press in the United States told the story of the great transition that the German Coal Commission announced. Benevolent governments like Germany are deciding to make a just transition away from coal and have even set an end date, 2038, for a long-term orderly transition to occur. The mainstream media is hailing this transition as a model for the rest of the world. There are two problems with this narrative. First, the current German plan renders it impossible for Germany to meet its goals under the Paris accords. Despite what the German governmental spin is, Germany’s proposed coal exit is well behind the 2030 exit of other European countries and includes a transition to fracked gas.

The U.S. Military Is Poisoning Germany

February 18, 2019 By Pat Elder, Civilianexposure.org Educate! Contamination, Germany, Toxic Chemicals, US military

Germany is experiencing a public health crisis with millions of people potentially exposed to drinking water contaminated with Per and Poly Fluoroalkyl Substances, or PFAS. A major source of this chemical contamination comes from the aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) used in routine fire-training on U.S. military bases. After igniting, then dousing massive fires with the lethal foam containing PFAS, the American bases allow the poisons to leach into the groundwater to contaminate neighboring communities which use groundwater in their wells and municipal water systems.

Germany: Fridays For Future

February 14, 2019 Conny Dahmen, Socialistworld.net Resist! Coal, Germany, Protests, Students

“There’s no point in learning for a future that doesn’t exist.” With this motto, more and more young people this year have taken to the streets every week to fight climate change. On January 18, more than 30,000 school students in more than 50 cities across Germany went on strike. Last Friday, 10,000 of them went to Berlin to exert pressure on the Coal Commission, which presented its results of negotiations at the weekend. There have also been large demonstrations in Switzerland and Belgium in recent weeks: on 18 January, 22,000 school students went on strike in Switzerland; on Thursday, 24 January, 35,000 young demonstrators marched through Brussels - making it the biggest youth protest in many years...

The Financial Secret Behind Germany’s Green Energy Revolution

January 26, 2019 Ellen Brown, Truthdig.com Create! Clean Energy, Germany, New Economy

The “Green New Deal” endorsed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D.-N.Y., and more than 40 other House members has been criticized as imposing a too-heavy burden on the rich and upper-middle-class taxpayers who will have to pay for it. However, taxing the rich is not what the Green New Deal resolution proposes. It says funding would come primarily from certain public agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve and “a new public bank or system of regional and specialized public banks.” Funding through the Federal Reserve may be controversial, but establishing a national public infrastructure and development bank should be a no-brainer.

35,000 Hit Streets Of Berlin To Demand Agricultural Revolution

January 21, 2019 By Andrea Germanos, Commondreams.org Resist! Berlin, Food and Agriculture, Germany, Policy, Protests

"This protest shows that the desire for a different agricultural policy is now undeniable." Organizers said 35,000 people marched through the streets of the German capital on Saturday to say they're "fed up" with industrial agriculture and call for a transformation to a system that instead supports the welfare of the environment, animals, and rural farmers.

Germany Allocates $62m To Development Projects In Palestine

December 7, 2018 Middle East Monitor, Mintpressnews.com Create! Development, Germany, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Palestine, Uneven Development

Germany allocated €55 million ($62.5 million) to be dispersed to Palestinian development projects in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip in 2019. Klaus Kramer, the head of division in the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, told reporters in Ramallah that it was agreed, in coordination with various ministries in the Palestinian government, that the money will go to mainly three sectors: sustainable economic development, infrastructure such as water projects and local governance, including projects with municipalities. While the funds in the form of grants will go mainly to these three areas, development projects in other fields will also get part of the money, such as projects carried out by civil society organisations.

From Appalachia To Germany: Anti-Capitalist Trees, People Power & Systemic Corruption

October 11, 2018 Eleanor Goldfield, Occupy.com Resistance Report Appalachia, Capitalism, Corruption, Germany

On the front lines of the fight against dirty energy – worldwide. First up, some great news from West Virginia and Virginia – taking time to celebrate these victories while taking a look at the corrupted agencies playing into the hands of big oil and gas. Next, a powerful weekend in the Hambach Forest of Germany – where the fight against the world's dirtiest fossil fuel continues on a large and creative scale.

“Get up” – Sahra Wagenknecht In An Interview About Her Collection Movement

August 16, 2018 By Fabienne Rzitki, Web.de Create! Class Struggle, Germany, Politics

A movement can not compete in elections in Germany. But when we get strong, we can build up so much pressure that the parties open their lists for fellow campaigners. However, our primary concern is not to get parliamentary posts, but to launch an initiative that will make political engagement attractive again. We want to address people who have turned away disappointed from the parties. We want to win those who do not want party-political ox-tours, but are very interested in politics and want to help shape it. We will be different, in our communication, in our appearance. After all, the majority of our now over forty prominent founding members does not come from politics. There are actors, singers, writers, scientists, cabaret artists, theater people.

Germans Want Donald Trump To Pull US Troops Out Of Germany, Poll Finds

July 12, 2018 By Jon Stone, Independent.co.uk Educate! Donald Trump, Germany, US Imperialism, US military

US president has said American military spending to protect Europe is not sustainable. Germans would actually welcome the withdrawal of American troops stationed in their country, a new poll has found – as Donald Trump threatens to pull the plug on military support. The finding comes on the first day of a Nato summit in which the US president is urging Europe to spend more on defence if it wants to continue to receive American military protection. But far from being seen as a threat, a YouGov poll for the dpa news agency found that more Germans would welcome the departure of the 35,000-strong American force than would oppose it. 42 per cent said they supported withdrawal while just 37 per cent wanted the soldiers to stay, with 21 per cent undecided. Last month the US media reported that the US government was in the process of assessing the cost of keeping troops in Germany ahead of a possible withdrawal, citing Pentagon sources.

Blome And Wilayto Arrested At Massive Ramstein Protest; Sept. 30 – Oct. 6 – We Must Rally To “Shut Down Creech”

July 12, 2018 Staff, Knowdrones.com Resist! Germany, Protests, US Imperialism

Toby Blomé, of CODEPINK, and Phil Wilayto, of United National Antiwar Coalition, were among about a dozen mostly German protesters who were arrested on June 30, 2018 by German police as they blockaded the U.S. Ramstein air base in Germany during the fourth annual protest that this year drew about 2,500. Below is a detailed report on the protest by Elsa Rassbach, CODEPINK representative in Germany who has been a member of the Stop Air Base Ramstein Campaign Coordinating Committee since 2015. Press links are included.

Antinuclear Resisters At Büchel Airbase In Germany

July 6, 2018 Pat Elder, Worldbeyondwar.org Resist! Germany, Nuclear Weapons

Early in the morning, when I approached this sprawling airbase that employs 2,000 civilians and soldiers, the bucolic setting was reminiscent of the rolling foothills of the Blueridge Mountains in western Maryland and Virginia. Scattered large, well-kept farmhouses amid the beautiful rolling land planted in wheat and corn reflected this prosperous and peaceful country. The Airbase (Der Fliegerhorst Büchel) is located in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of western Germany, about 60 km from the border with Belgium and Luxembourg. About 20 US thermonuclear nuclear weapons, fitted to the German Luftwaffe’s Panavia Tornado fighter jet, are ready to be deployed in a moment’s notice. German pilots will take off with these weapons if the order comes from President Trump through NATO. The Germans will drop them on their targets, presumably in Russia.

Germany’s Far-Right Supporters Outnumbered By Protesters In Berlin

May 29, 2018 Staff, Reuters.com Resist! Berlin, Germany, Immigration, Protests

BERLIN (Reuters) - Some 5,000 supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) marched through Berlin on Sunday, but they were heavily outnumbered by anti-AfD demonstrations, including one from the city’s club scene which blasted techno music across the capital. The AfD’s anti-immigration, anti-European Union and anti-Muslim messages helped it become the third largest party in the German Bundestag in last September’s vote but it has had little impact on parliamentary debate since then. The AfD demonstrators, bussed in from around Germany, marched from Berlin’s main station, down the banks of the Spree river to the Brandenburg Gate near the German parliament. But there were around 20,000 anti-AfD protesters - according to police estimates - most of them younger people, highlighting the divisions that have emerged in Germany since the 2015 refugee crisis.

Amazon Workers Booed Jeff Bezos In Berlin

April 26, 2018 Jill Petzinger, Qz.com Resist! Amazon, Germany, Protests, Workers

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos received a hostile reception when he arrived in the German capital to pick up an innovation award on Tuesday (Apr. 24). Trade union Verdi confirmed that “several hundred Amazon workers,” who are members of the powerful union, amassed outside the offices of publisher Axel Springer, where the awards ceremony was taking place, carrying placards reading “Make Amazon Pay.” Amazon workers from other countries, including Poland and Italy, also traveled to Berlin to join the demonstration. Verdi boss Frank Bsirske said: “We have a boss who wants to impose American working conditions on the world and take us back to the 19th century.” Verdi has for years been a constant thorn in Amazon’s side in Germany, organizing workers strikes to demand improved pay and working conditions.

Germany’s 28-Hour Workweek

March 28, 2018 Loren Balhorn, Jacobinmag.com Create! Exploitation, Germany, Labor, New Economy, Workers Rights and Jobs

German metalworkers’ union IG Metall made international headlines last month after a twenty-four-hour “warning strike” compelled employers to sign a deal with the union giving its members the right to a twenty-eight-hour workweek. The deal — which covers 900,000 workers in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg — is seen as a landmark in European labor relations, granting workers who want to reduce their working hours the right to do so for a two-year period. It came after 15,000 workers in eighty companies downed tools as part of a campaign for a better work-life balance and also included a substantial pay raise. But is it too good be true? Jacobin’s Loren Balhorn sat down with German labor sociologist Klaus Dörre to find out more about the strike, what the workers really gained, and what it might say about the German labor movement’s future.

German Cities To Trial Free Public Transport To Cut Pollution

February 20, 2018 Philip Oltermann, Theguardian.com Create! Cities, Germany, pollution, Public Services, Transportation

“Car nation” Germany has surprised neighbours with a radical proposal to reduce road traffic by making public transport free, as Berlin scrambles to meet EU air pollution targets and avoid big fines. The move comes just over two years after Volkswagen’s devastating “dieselgate” emissions cheating scandal unleashed a wave of anger at the auto industry, a keystone of German prosperity. “We are considering public transport free of charge in order to reduce the number of private cars,” three ministers including the environment minister, Barbara Hendricks, wrote to EU environment commissioner Karmenu Vella in the letter seen by AFP Tuesday. “Effectively fighting air pollution without any further unnecessary delays is of the highest priority for Germany,” the ministers added.

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