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Germany's new peace party: Sevim Dagdelen speaks to the Morning Star
Ben Chacko interviews an MP of the new Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance ahead of its founding convention this weekend
PEACE IS POPULAR: A demonstration supporting Wagenknecht’s Manifesto for Peace in Berlin, February 2023
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
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France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
THIS weekend the founding convention of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance for Reason and Justice (Bundnis Sahra Wagenknecht, or BSW) will put Germany’s newest political formation firmly on the map.
For a brand new party formed of 10 MPs who have quit the Left party (Die Linke), primarily over its increasingly pro-war stance, it’s doing well: one voting intentions poll this week put it on 14 per cent, equal to the Social Democrats of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, ahead of his coalition partners the Greens (on 12) and the Free Democrats (on 4), and with more than three times the support of the party they have just left, which trailed on 3 per cent.
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