Germany is really riding a rollercoaster these days, but this is no amusement park; there’s lots of suspense but rarely joy –…

Victor Grossman
During my recent ten-week book tour through the USA I found one sentiment predominant; anger and disgust regarding Donald Trump, which was…
Will the efforts to impeach Trump center on his brutal actions against Mexicans and refugees, against Muslims, African-Americans and basically all working people while rewarding the super wealthy?
The impeachment drive is quickly gathering steam, and who can have any sympathy for that man in the Oval Office? But I…
To older readers and newcomers (to whom: Welcome!), this Berlin Bulletin will differ somewhat from my usual more strictly political subject matter.…
State elections in eastern Germany on September 1 brought mixed joy to some and great sorrow to others. With many, it was…
The beautiful but disturbed city of Dresden, Saxony’s capital, has become the center of a rightward turn
In an election in today’s Bremen, Germany’s smallest, poorest state, the Social Democrats were outnumbered by the Christian Democrats for the first time since 1949
People’s feet have been pretty important around here lately. They’ve been used for walking, next to other people’s feet
How good it was to see so many young people on the move, with an amazing variety of placards, signs, flags and posters, mostly hand-made, with countless clever slogans, aggressive against patriarchy