Florian Wilde is a historian and specialist in trade union history at the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, and a member of the Die Linke Historical Commission. His most recent book is Revolution als Realpolitik. Ernst Meyer (1887–1930) – Biographie eines KPD-Vorsitzenden (UVK, 2018). He blogs at Wilde Texte.
Despite his close relationship with Rosa Luxemburg, early KPD chairman Ernst Meyer is rarely remembered among the historic leaders of the German left. Yet his writing on “revolutionary Realpolitik” offers key insights for socialist strategy today.
For twenty-five years, European left parties have joined broad coalition governments and come out with nothing to show for it.
Die Linke’s Sahra Wagenknecht is wrong about refugees, borders, and police. But don’t give up on the party just yet.
Hamburg is experiencing a broad While racism rages through much of Europe, Hamburg is experiencing the opposite: a broad movement for refugee rights combined with a struggle for the right to the city. refugee rights combined with a struggle for the right to the city.