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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Berlin police opened fire on communist May Day protesters on this day in 1929, starting a series of anti-communist massacres known as “Blood May.”
The ruling Social Democratic Party resorted to extreme tactics against the rising Communist Party of Germany.🧵
In 1929, the ruling German Social Democratic Party (SPD), banned the communist May Day protests, revealing their fear of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and their close ties to the Soviet Union.
The KPD refused to surrender their right to protest and made the resistance to the ban their main priority. However, the Berlin police force, with its 16,500 uniformed officers and former fascist “Freikorpskämpfer” police officers , was ready to violently suppress the protest.
Vietnam is celebrating 50 years of reunification! 🇻🇳
After a decades-long liberation struggle in Vietnam, the communist forces declared Vietnam independent from any occupation.
Read on about the final moments of the Vietnam War. 🧵
On this day in 1975, the communist Vietnamese People’s Army liberated the Republic of Vietnam’s capital, Saigon, from the anti-communist regime and defeated US imperialism, ending the 20-year-long Vietnam War.
The takeover of Saigon was preceded by decades of war brought by the US invasion in 1955, which divided the country in two and established an anti-communist dictatorship in the south.
Wealthy Germans, Israelis, and others are buying kidneys from poor Kenyans through an illegal organ-trafficking network linked to Israeli middlemen. 🧵
Donors are mostly young, poor Kenyan men. They’re offered €2,000 to €6,000. Some are misled. Some are underpaid. Buyers pay up to €200,000. Most deals are done in cash, with no oversight, according to investigations by Deutsche Welle and others.
The trafficking ring is run by MedLead, a company led by Israeli businessman Robert Shpolansky. It reportedly has ties to Kenya’s political elite, including former MP Swarup Mishra, an ally of President William Ruto.
Italian communists led the anti-fascist resistance that overthrew Mussolini and helped end WW2.
Today, Italy celebrates “Liberation Day” to commemorate the victory of the resistance. 🧵
The first armed group to oppose Mussolini was the Arditi del Popolo, a united front of different leftist tendencies. However, the Communist Party, led by Amadeo Bordiga, opposed them because they weren’t under party control.
Gramsci and Lenin opposed this sectarian stance and urged the Communist Party to join the Arditi del Popolo. By 1924, it became clear that armed resistance was the only available route under Mussolini’s dictatorship. Almost all opposition formed underground guerilla movements.
1. Across West Africa, the era of polite dependency may be ending. Governments are taking steps to reverse neocolonial control over currency and resources. From mining to fossil fuels, states are asserting ownership over wealth long extracted for foreign profit. 🧵
Mali has led the shift with a mining code granting the state up to 30% ownership. After pushback, authorities jailed executives, seized 3 tons of gold, and boosted revenues by 52.5% in 2024.
In Senegal, President Faye launched audits of oil and gas contracts with firms like BP, focusing on costs and profit terms. He also renewed calls to replace the CFA franc with a sovereign currency—challenging a system that ties economies to France’s central bank.