Germany’s China Shock Will Push Voters Right
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Germany’s war drive feeds the far right in Saxony-Anhalt
The AfD's landslide in Saxony-Anhalt reflects real working-class anger at the war and the arms buildup, but the party redirects that anger toward migrants and leaves the capitalist system that caused the crisis fully intact.
Germany’s China Shock Will Push Voters Right
The German political establishment’s so-called firewall against the far right is crumbling. This month, the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) secured 44 percent of the vote in the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt.
The alternative party for Germany, the extreme right-wing party, created a bloody surprise on 6 September, with the results of the elections to the Saxony-Anhalt State Parliament at 44 per cent in some regions, while the most significant historical breakthrough of the extreme right since the end of the Second World War was considered, and traditional parties, including the ruling coalition, acknowledged defeat amid a state of shock and a sharp d…
The vote of 6 September gives the AfD an unprecedented result and overwhelms the CDU. Behind the advance of the far right, emerge the social crisis and the rejection of the Merz government and the war. BSW and Linke now face decisive choices. The article Saxony-Anhalt, earthquake on the right: the triumph of the AfD and the difficult space of the social alternative comes from AFV.
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