Wildcat (Germany)
Communist group based in Germany, not to be confused with the UK/US based group of the same name.
Iran 2009: A new attempt?
Wildcat analyse the demonstrations and riots sparked during the Iranian elections of 2009.
Globally the left is engaged in a controversial debate about the mobilisations in Iran which took place before and after the elections. Only rarely are these mobilisations related to the global crisis and the severe economic and governmental crisis in Iran itself - although their inter-relatedness is blatant.
Oil Rent
Reports on crisis: England - Wildcat
Wildcat asked people in several countries to write down observations about social effects of the crisis. The following is a report from London, written in November 2008 with an update at the end.
"The real crisis-effects are only just starting..."
1. What are the social effects of the crisis in your region?
Critique of Autonomous Anti-Fascism - Wildcat (Germany)
Article about the background to the violent attacks on foreign workers in Hoyerswerda in ex-DDR at the end of 1991 and the anti-fascist demonstration which followed.
35 hour week: lower incomes and more work; working time reduction in Germany - Wildcat (Germany)
Collective working time reduction is being seen by many as an effective instrument to fight the madness of today's capitalism which produces millions of unemployed while forcing those employed to work overtime. The demand for a 'radical working time reduction' complements that for a 'guaranteed income' where leftist unionists and welfare politicians begin to co-operate.
Reforming the welfare state in order to save capitalism - Wildcat (Germany)
Reforming the welfare state for saving capitalism:
The "Guaranteed Income"[1] and new reformist illusions - Wildcat (Germany)
Since the onset of the global crisis of the early 1990s political discussions about restructuring the welfare state, in which a broad range of leftists try to take part, have intensified. The capitalist state, bourgeois parties and left wing tendencies agree in that social benefits should not depend on life-long waged work any more but be more in accordance with new and more flexible forms of employment. While the capitalist state wants to motivate more people to do badly paid and casual work, some groups from the left claim to campaign against capitalism by demanding a 'guaranteed income' ('existence money' in Germany or 'salaire garanti' in France).
Preface: putting the critique of capitalism back on the table - Wildcat (Germany)
[b]We are fed up with working more and more for lower wages, being pushed around by the bosses and forced into workfare schemes by the state.
Introduction to debate on the new 'under classes' - Wildcat Germany
Having a historical look at labour migration and welfare policies in Germany, Wildcat criticises the current attempt of those in power in Germany to create an image of the dangerous under-classes as opposed to the class of decent working people.
Introduction to debate on the new 'under classes'1
Cologne: occupation of the Barmer Block housing estate, 2006 - Wildcat
Text published in Wildcat in summer 2006 reporting on the internal dynamics of a major housing estate occupation in Cologne in Spring 2006.
Cologne: 'Barmer Block' occupied. The feeling of great potential...
For over three months in the 'Barmer Block' housing estate an unusual squatting experiment took place.
Foreign investments in the Czech Republic: Boom or fall? 2004
Article analysing foreign investment and business in the Czech Republic since 1989 and recent changes which are occuring.
Transformation towards private capitalism, which started after 1989, was at the beginning mainly affected by the struggle inside the old-new ruling class for the actual character of this change. Already in 1990 the Czech faction of bourgeoisie led by Vaclav Klaus, who was minister of finance and who later became the prime minister and who is now the present president, got the strongest position.
Migration, industry and struggles in Poland, 1956-2005
An analysis of Poland, its economy, its social and political history and how it has been shaped by workers' struggles past and present.
Behind the Border
It is only a one hour journey from Berlin to the German-Polish border, the supermarkets in Berlin offer Polish food, immigrants from Poland are part of daily life in the German capital - nevertheless there are not many direct contacts (apart from perhaps the punk scene). The ‘iron curtain’ is slow to dissolve, due to languages and the geographical location.
