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Marcel Cartier
Palestinians inspect the damage of destroyed buildings follo
Features / 29 October 2023
29 October 2023
The right of self-defence applies only to the oppressed, not the oppressor, argues MARCEL CARTIER
A woman shows a poster reading ‘Israel fights against terr
Features / 24 October 2023
24 October 2023
MARCEL CARTIER looks at the contested history of German approaches to zionism
The Wedding Palace in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Features / 22 July 2023
22 July 2023
MARCEL CARTIER talks to the citizens of a diverse nation that, despite dark periods, blossomed under socialism — but now faces turbulent times as it navigates a new post-Soviet identity
Features / 20 July 2023
20 July 2023
Writing from the central Asian republic, MARCEL CARTIER meets a nation positive about its future and openly proud of its Soviet past
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) and the Green Party For
Features / 19 April 2023
19 April 2023
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
DIVIDED: The west side of the Berlin Wall, pictured in 1986
Features / 14 April 2023
14 April 2023
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
The monument to KPD leader Ernst Thalmann and Reichstag burn
Features / 1 April 2022
1 April 2022
MARCEL CARTIER looks at the spectre of anti-communism that begins to haunt Germany again
Opinion / 11 November 2021
11 November 2021
Are we witnessing the beginnings of a new reconciliation process in Syria, with a pivot away from Washington, asks MARCEL CARTIER
A soldier from the Kurdish Women's Protection Units (YPJ)
Features / 29 January 2021
29 January 2021
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
Features / 8 January 2021
8 January 2021
January 6 2021 will be a day not easily forgotten in the United States, writes MARCEL CARTIER
Features / 22 October 2019
22 October 2019
Trump is now actively aiding the Turkish-FSA occupation and annexation of northern Syria, killing hundreds and displacing thousands, writes MARCEL CARTIER