Angela Merkel: Another "mainstream" politician backs racism

Over the weekend, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a meeting of the youth wing of her Christian Democrat Union (CDU, kind of like the German Tories) party that multiculturalism had “failed, utterly failed” in Germany. What this amounts to of course is a massive attack on the communities of immigrant descent in Germany, from the [...]

Who the Hell is… Albert Einstein?

Today we’re reviving a regular feature you used to see the in the classic (pre-blog, paper only) version of Leftfield. “Who the Hell is…” brings you the low down on key folk who’ve tried to make a difference to the world in the past. Previous people we’ve profiled have included Delegate Zero/Subcommandante Marcos, and Che [...]

What's the cradle of Western Civilisation worth to capitalism? "Junk"

Greece is known throughout the world as the birthplace of democracy, the cradle of western art, science, literature, drama and philosophy. It’s a beautiful country, with a healthy and delicious cuisine. What does capitalism think of Greece? “Junk”. Yesterday Greece’s credit rating was downgraded to “junk” status, meaning that international markets think the government will [...]

Germany's Left Party steal our ideas

Every single one of the German party The Left’s 76 members of the Bundestag (the German national parliament) have been expelled after a protest against the war in Afghanistan. The left wingers, who are members of a new party attempting to unite German socialists and that has had rapid success in elections, held up signs [...]