The Local Germany

New left-wing political movement to go online at weekend

Sat, 04 Aug 2018 00:59:25 +0200

The high-profile faction leader of Die Linke, Sahra Wagenknecht, has been working for months on a movement to unite left-wing politicians across party boundaries. The movement now has a name and is about to go online.

The Rote Flora: the iconic Hamburg squat right-wingers call a danger to the nation

Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:44:10 +0200

The Rote Flora is known throughout the European left-wing scene as a gathering place for activists and radicals. And now this venue is at the centre of debate about left-wing violence in Hamburg amid the G20 summit.

Berlin activists' cars burned in 'political crimes by far-right'

Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:55:45 +0100

Two car burnings in the Neukölln district of Berlin are being treated as politically motivated crimes because the owners were active in opposing the far-right scene.

Left-wing extremists attack banks, burn cars in Berlin

Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:55:26 +0200

This might have not even been newsworthy back in the nineties, but it is a rare sight today. Anarchists are burnin’ stuff in the capital in revenge at 'die Scheiß Bullen.'

'More cameras than flying stones' at Berlin May Day

Mon, 02 May 2016 12:06:37 +0200

Berlin is a traditional hot spot of trouble during Labour Day demonstrations on May 1st. But the situation remained relatively calm this year with only a short outbreak of violence from the far left.

Far-left marchers face court after battling cops

Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:35:48 +0100

More than 60 police officers and several demonstrators were injured in clashes in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Saturday as far-left protesters rallied against a neo-Nazi demonstation, police said.

Political violence hit record levels last year

Fri, 11 May 2012 17:13:00 +0200

Political violence hit a record high in Germany last year with authorities registering more than 30,000 politically motivated crimes, according to figures released on Friday.

Police officer seriously hurt in Frankfurt riot

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:37:00 +0200

A police officer was seriously hurt in clashes between police and anti-capitalist demonstrators in Germany’s finance capital Frankfurt on Saturday. Protestors also reported injuries and mass arrests from their ranks.

Police arrest 70 in left-wing Berlin riots

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:44:00 +0100

Around 70 people were arrested and 30 police officers injured during riots in Berlin early on Sunday after several incidents blamed on left-wing activists escalated.

Crime handbook provokes fear of increased left-wing violence

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:58:00 +0200

Police are trying to find the authors and distributors of what has been described as a criminal handbook full of tips for saboteurs on how to commit arson, stop trains and cut down electricity pylons without getting caught, according to Der Spiegel magazine.

Police union warns of carnage during May Day protests

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:21:00 +0200

In the face of security gaps and overstretched police, the mounting threat of radical political violence could explode on the traditional protest day of May Day and possibly lead to deaths and hundreds of injuries, the head of the police union warned Thursday.

Police brutality claims follow anti-Nazi protest

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:43:00 +0200

Berlin police face fresh claims of brutality in the wake of a violent neo-Nazi demonstration on Saturday in which anti-fascist counter-protesters clashed with riot police, daily Der Tagesspiegel reported Monday.