
GERMAN Foreign Minister Heiko Maas accused protesters against coronavirus restrictions of “mocking the bravery that was needed to take a stand against the Nazis” following incendiary comparisons at anti-lockdown protests.
Right-wing demonstrators at some protests have worn stars of David — a symbol the Nazis forced Jews to wear under the third reich — in order to signal they are being “persecuted.”
A speaker at a protest in Hannover on Saturday sparked outrage when she compared herself to resistance organiser Sophie Scholl, who was put to death in 1943 for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets.

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous contribution to global development

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports on TUC Congress discussions on how to confront the far right and rebuild the left’s appeal to workers