Skip to main content
Work with the NEU
German communists call for street mobilisations against militarism on World Peace Day
A DKP election poster in Berlin

THE German Communist Party (DKP) has called for street mobilisations across the country to mark World Peace Day tomorrow, warning the government against increased militarisation.

It has criticised the German government’s recent decision to send troops to Afghanistan amid the chaos unfolding there since the Taliban seized power earlier this month.

“The deployment of the armed forces at the airport in Kabul and probably in other places in Afghanistan is an armed combat mission. That is clear. It is also clear that this is not a mandate from the United Nations,” a party statement said.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
Berlin Cathedral is covered by snow in Berlin, Germany, January 9, 2026
Germany / 15 January 2026
15 January 2026

NICK WRIGHT returns to Berlin and finds a city in darkness and political turmoil

President Donald Trump, center, speaks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, left, during a group photo of NATO heads of state and government at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025
War Economy / 8 July 2025
8 July 2025

In an address to the Communist Party’s executive at the weekend international secretary KEVAN NELSON explained why the communists’ watchwords must be Jobs not Bombs and Welfare not Warfare

MARCHING EAST: German soldiers march at the formal inauguration of a German brigade for Nato’s eastern flank Lithuania, Thursday May 22
Features / 29 May 2025
29 May 2025

In the first half of a two-part article, PETER MERTENS looks at how Nato’s €800 billion ‘Readiness 2030’ plan serves Washington’s pivot to the Pacific, forcing Europeans to dismantle social security and slash pensions to fund it