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By seeking to "liberate" Germans from a globalized world order, the Nazi government sent the national economy careening backwards—and drove up the price of eggs 600 percent.

While it's widely acknowledged that the Nazi regime persecuted communists, socialists, anarchists, liberals, and Jewish people, a more detailed examination of the Nazi regime's rise reveals that while it targeted various left-leaning groups, its origins and early tactics involved complexities often overlooked. It's however generally unknown that the Nazi Party's origins included elements of left-wing socialist…

Written under the alias of "Fedor Günther", this text by the KAPD member Ludwig Barbasch critiques the strategies of the Comintern, arguing that its support for national liberation, concessions to petit-bourgeois, peasant, and technical worker interests — via policies like the NEP, land distribution, union divisions, and capitalist ideologies — betrays the proletarian revolution by fostering capitalism and…

Is it time for a second passport?

How she lifted cosmetics from a cheap accessory to a luxury item during the Great Depression.

European leaders pledged late Friday to stand by Ukraine in the wake of the contentious Oval Office meeting between Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy, with their statements in support of their neighbor on the continent ensuring a deepening transatlantic rift.

And why so many people remember the tale so differently.

Undated issue of Direct Action, including: IWMA against war, news, Spanish and Swedish syndicalists, Stalin's puppet government in Austria, Don Coventry obituary, etc.

A diverse array of countries held national votes this year—but a single storyline stood out.

New York can be a magical place for museumgoers but it can also be overwhelming and overcrowded at times, especially at the biggest, most famous museums

The French government was toppled Wednesday after far-left and far-right lawmakers joined forces to pass a no-confidence measure against Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his Cabinet.

There are a few things in the world to be grateful for this year, despite everything.

Violent clashes between locals and Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam has spiraled into a clash of identities in the Netherlands.

National Unity and Armed Forces Day is celebrated in Italy on November 4 in honor of the capitulation of Austria-Hungary in World War I. About 50-60 people came to the Ukrainian consulate in Milan to celebrate Deserter's Day. Photos were sent to us from the revolutionary anarchist blog Wild Fields, appeared this fall under our influence.

Performance might be a major problem, but SAND is one to keep an eye on based on its concept alone

Agents were 'honored' to give back the piece as hundreds of thousands of stolen cultural objects remain unreturnedA Claude Monet pastel looted from a Jewish couple by Nazis in the second world war was returned to the family's descendants, officials said on Wednesday.Adalbert "Bela" and Hilda Parlagi purchased the artwork, titled Bord de Mer, at an Austrian art auction in 1936. After Nazi Germany annexed Austria in…

Austria's pro-Russia Freedom Party was celebrating Sunday night after it became the first far-right political party to win an election in the country since the Nazi era.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sep 10 (IPS) - Hungarian-Swedish microbiologist George Klein, who in 1944 escaped from a train destined to Auschwitz, once wrote that his father jokingly used to say that he had caused World War I. While working as a medical doctor in Bosnia he had cured a young boy called Gavrilo Princip from a deadly disease. As an adult Gavrilo shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, presumptive heir to the…

Fifteen Islamic State militants were killed and seven U.S. troops were injured during a battle in western Iraq this week, the U.S. Central Command announced late Friday.