Joschka Fischer’s Long March
How the Green Party wunderkind transformed German capitalism, and with it, himself.
32 Article(s) by: Loren Balhorn
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Loren Balhorn is a contributing editor at Jacobin and coeditor, together with Bhaskar Sunkara, of Jacobin: Die Anthologie (Suhrkamp, 2018).
No Corbyn in Sight
A membership surge in the German Social Democratic Party has sparked talks of a Corbyn-like transformation. But don’t get too excited just yet.
Germany Is Not an Island
Germany's elections show that the country is not insulated from a crisis-prone Europe, but part and parcel of it.
Die Linke’s Identity Crisis
With parliamentary elections looming this fall, the German left party is struggling to present itself as an exciting alternative to the status quo.
The Lost History of Antifa
72 years after the triumph over Nazism, we look back to postwar Germany, when socialists gave birth to Antifa.
After Tragedy and Farce: Martin Schulz
SPD leader Martin Schulz offers German voters more of the Third Way politics they hate in a shiny new package.
Merkeling to the Right
Angela Merkel has disappointed liberals by yielding to anti-refugee backlash. We shouldn’t be surprised.
The Elections in Berlin
Sunday’s elections in Berlin weren’t a disaster for the Left, but they confirmed just how unstable German politics are becoming.
Three Hours to Midnight
Alternative for Germany's string of successes shows the party is here to stay. How can the Left respond?
Die Linke: Ten Years On
A decade after its formation, can Germany's Die Linke manage its contradictions and live up to its promise?
Don’t Count on Merkel
The German left must fight for a solution to the refugee crisis that doesn't involve more fences, border guards, or racist demagoguery.
A Very Kautsky Christmas
The oppressed of the Middle Ages drew on Christian teachings to develop a moral critique of their era's inequality and unfairness.