On the nature of violence and self-defence The right of self-defence applies only to the oppressed, not the oppressor, argues MARCEL CARTIER
Wednesday 19th Apr 2023 The US sends Germany into the fire Even as some whispers of dissent emerge in the rest of Europe, Germany's increasingly zealous devotion to Washington's military ambitions is dragging the continent into all-out war, warns MARCEL CARTIER
Friday 14th Apr 2023 The Berlin Wall goes east With the fall of the wall in 1989, Nato should have been dissolved – instead it moved eastward to Russia’s doorstep, with disastrous consequences that are playing out in the brutal conflict today, writes MARCEL CARTIER
Monday 04th Apr 2022 Lessons of history remain unlearned MARCEL CARTIER looks at the spectre of anti-communism that begins to haunt Germany again
Sunday 09th Jan 2022 Thousands march for Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht at annual demonstration in Berlin THOUSANDS took to the streets of Berlin today for the annual demonstration in memory of Communist Party of Germany (KPD) founders Karl Liebknecht a
Friday 12th Nov 2021 Opinion Syria’s solution has always been in Damascus Are we witnessing the beginnings of a new reconciliation process in Syria, with a pivot away from Washington, asks MARCEL CARTIER
Sunday 31st Jan 2021 The disgraceful spectacle of Hillary Clinton’s YPJ mini-series The blood-soaked former US secretary of state’s role in wanting to be seen as a hero of women’s movements has dubious foundations, writes MARCEL CARTIER
Saturday 09th Jan 2021 How will the day the Capitol was invaded be remembered? January 6 2021 will be a day not easily forgotten in the United States, writes MARCEL CARTIER
Wednesday 23rd Oct 2019 ‘Cleaned out’ — the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Rojava Trump is now actively aiding the Turkish-FSA occupation and annexation of northern Syria, killing hundreds and displacing thousands, writes MARCEL CARTIER
Thursday 10th Oct 2019 Green light: Erdogan, Trump and the threat of ethnic cleansing With Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria, those who hold revolutionary socialist or democratic principles must hold them higher than ever before, says MARCEL CARTIER
Monday 09th Apr 2018 Alina Sanchez: In the footsteps of Che Guevara MARCEL CARTIER reflects on the recent death of Argentine revolutionary internationalist Alina Sanchez, who fought alongside the PKK and YPJ in Kurdistan