VICTOR GROSSMAN believes peace in Ukraine needs to come before anything else and abhors the EU's insane drive to keep the war going on

VICTOR GROSSMAN reports, with a little chuckle, on how US readiness to work with Russia, not just on peace for Ukraine, has thrown a spanner into the German electoral machine

Although Chancellor Scholz has ruled out sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine, the atmosphere in Germany is one of mounting ‘war readiness,’ while the left remains worryingly divided, warns VICTOR GROSSMAN

We can only hope the charismatic leftist Sahra Wagenknecht’s new party can beat the AfD, as the increasingly out-of-touch ruling caste in government prepares Germany for huge, belligerent ‘war games,’ writes VICTOR GROSSMAN

The same vested interests have survived from over a century ago, now allied to the US but still hellbent on war with Russia, writes VICTOR GROSSMAN

VICTOR GROSSMAN assesses the impact of the Ukraine war on the German economy, the far-right and the Left party — and what may happen next

VICTOR GROSSMAN reflects on the dangerous groupthink pushing ever more arms to Ukraine

Across the political spectrum in Europe's most powerful nation there is a growing desire for confrontation with Russia and a new era of military intervention globally — and now even the radical left is folding on this crucial issue, reports VICTOR GROSSMAN

As so many around in the West ramp up the tensions over Ukraine, it seems the seat of European power is cooling in its desire for conflict — but will calmer minds prevail, asks VICTOR GROSSMAN

The Left party’s policy of going easy on the SPD, the Greens and its own principles backfired disastrously, writes VICTOR GROSSMAN

On the 60th anniversary of the raising of the Berlin Wall, VICTOR GROSSMAN writes that the restoration of the once-socialist Palast of the Republik to a grim approximation of its pre-war Prussian style, complete with a museum full of stolen colonial loot, matches the the nation’s rapid return to imperialism

In his Berlin bulletin VICTOR GROSSMAN reports that although the far right have failed to break through in recent elections, the left are breaking down

VICTOR GROSSMAN considers what a Green Party advance means in an increasingly militarised and aggressive Germany — and what would the real left might do

The US is raging that Europe's leader might deepen business ties with Russia, so Russophobia over Belarus is once again raging too. Will Germany continue to bristle towards the East and embrace Nato, or does the left have a different path open, asks VICTOR GROSSMAN

VICTOR GROSSMAN exposes the shocking back-room betrayal in Germany, where two major parties colluded with the far right to keep the left out of power

VICTOR GROSSMAN reports from Germany where the left are in little shape to challenge the increasing militarisation pushed by the moribund coalition of conservatives and social democrats

Luxemburg and Liebknecht saw their revolution crushed by reaction, while Lenin’s survived and went on to defeat their fascist killers. 100 years later, thousands march to celebrate the lives and ideology of all three — communism. VICTOR GROSSMAN reports from Berlin

From Berlin VICTOR GROSSMAN assesses the characteristically gentle downfall of Merkel and the rise of the populist-left Sahra Wagenknecht

A recent explosion of far right and nazi activity has been met with indifference and possible collusion by the state, explains VICTOR GROSSMAN

VICTOR GROSSMAN wonders if the new US ambassador’s orders to German companies to cease trade with Iran has set the tone for the country’s compliance with imperial orders