The German government has collapsed. The Social Democrats’ attempt to rescue German capital’s interests by reestablishing Germany as an imperialist force has been a catastrophe. Here is what the media will not tell you. 🧵
The German government has pushed the country into three wars—Ukraine, Palestine, and Lebanon. All are funded by taxpayers while public services deteriorate.
Germany is facing critical shortages: 183 occupations are in need of workers, thousands of doctors’ practices are closing, and hundreds of thousands of spaces are lacking in daycares. The national railway system is a national embarrassment due to widespread delays.
Germany’s economy has only gone from bad to worse. It is expected to contract in 2024 for the second consecutive year, largely driven by manufacturing struggles and fierce competition with other imperialist powers like China.
The education system in Germany is underfunded by €68 billion, according to the Education and Science Union (GEW). Education quality is plummeting, yet military spending continues to rise.
Trump has threatened to impose 10% tariffs on imports from Europe, a move that could further batter Germany’s already flailing economy.
Since October 7, Germany has seen ongoing weekly protests against the government's support for Israel’s genocide in Palestine and its brutal response to solidarity protests.
Germany is facing international condemnation stemming from potential genocide complicity charges and widespread criticism for its brutal crackdown on solidarity movements at home.
The government is alienating Germany’s Muslim, Arab, and Middle Eastern communities by deporting Afghans to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and threatening to strip citizenship from Palestine supporters.
This government enabled the ascent of the far-right and fascist parties. Instead of countering them, the government is adopting their rhetoric by blaming migrants for the misery in Germany. The so-called liberals are shifting German society further to the right.
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Meet Georg Elser, the German communist who almost wiped out Nazi Germany’s leadership. 🧵
On this day in 1945, less than a month before Germany’s surrender in WWII and by order of Adolf Hitler, the Waffen SS executed anti-fascist and communist Georg Elser in the infamous Dachau concentration camp.
Kept mainly out of Germany’s post-war narrative due to his communist affiliations, Elser almost prevented the deadliest conflict in human history, with Hitler only narrowly escaping Elser’s assassination attempt.
On this day in 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded. But did you know that in its early days, Nazis filled the ranks of what would become the largest peacetime military alliance in the world? 🧵
One of the first voices to suggest an alliance between the Nazis and the West to contain the “Soviet threat” was Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS and chief architect of the Holocaust.
Himmler’s attempts to negotiate a separate peace with the Western Allies failed, leading to him committing suicide in a British prison camp. But his dream came true with the creation of NATO, an alliance founded to contain Soviet communism.
77 years ago, Koreans on Jeju Island rose up for a free and unified Korea.
Read on to learn more about the Jeju Uprising of 1948. 🧵
In response to the uprising, the nascent Republic of Korea (ROK), with the help of the US military, massacred an estimated 20% of the island’s population.
The end of WWII in 1945 also ended almost four decades of Japanese occupation of Korea. Immediately after, self-governing People’s Committees (PCs) began forming throughout the peninsula.
The US has deployed a second aircraft carrier and additional warplanes, threatening a possible attack on Iran. Last week, the Pentagon deployed 6 US B-2 bombers to Diego Garcia, a US-UK military base in the Indian Ocean, located 2,400 miles from Iran. The B-2 bombers, capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear munitions, are equipped with 30k-pound bunker buster bombs, designed to penetrate Iran’s deep underground nuclear sites and strike evading air defense systems.
The US maintains at least 19 military facilities or bases across the region, including in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and the UAE. Yesterday, there was notable movement of large C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft from the US Air Force, with flights between key airbases in Europe, particularly Ramstein, Germany, and Al Udeid airbase in Qatar. After being used in the US attack on Yemen, Al Udeid base could potentially be used in an operation against Iran.
Germany’s ruling parties are advancing a law that turns citizenship into a political test. A draft seen by DW lets the state revoke passports of dual nationals accused of being “terror supporters, antisemites, or extremists” — without defining those terms.
Their political meaning, however, is already in motion. Under Germany’s adoption of the IHRA framework, “antisemitism” includes many forms of criticism of Israel—meaning the new law could be used to punish political dissent, especially from Palestinians and their allies.
“Extremism,” rooted in constitutional doctrine, is used to monitor those seen as threatening the liberal order — including socialists, communists, and pro-Palestinian movements.
Germany immigration authorities are set to deport four foreign students for their involvement in pro-Palestine protests. The country is taking lessons from Trump, who revoked over 300 student visas for criticizing Israel.
Despite no criminal convictions, the four deportation orders cite participation in demonstrations such as a sit-in at Berlin’s central train station, a road blockade, and the occupation of a building at the Free University of Berlin.
All had a legal right to be in Germany. Three are EU nationals, and one is from the US. Legal experts question the proportionality, noting German migration law allows deportation without conviction if deemed necessary, but the threat must be serious. These individuals are being targeted for their political views.