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In the days following Easter US-President Biden visited the occupied six counties and the Irish Free State. During his visit, which was accompanied by massive protests, he emphasized Ireland's role in fulfilling US-Imperialism's political goals in Europe and put forward its economic aspirations

Yesterday, Saturday, the Alliance against Imperialist Aggression (BgiA) organised a manifestation at the Steindamm in Hamburg and denounced the renewed attacks of Israel on the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Gaza Strip, as well as the repression against the supporters of the Palestinian struggle here in the FRG. Especially the repression against the comrades of Samidoun, whose demonstration was banned by the Berlin police, was condemned. In the past week, there have also been calls from senior German politicians for Samidoun to be banned.

The traffic light government has now set out its plans for the long-announced legalization of cannabis, which were already mentioned in the cornerstone papers of the coalition agreement at the end of 2021. In the future, it is to be legal to grow up to three cannabis plants of one's own via so-called "cannabis clubs" with a maximum of 500 members and to obtain up to 25 grams of cannabis per day and a maximum of 50 grams per month there. At a later date, sales via regional specialized stores and commercial supply chains will also be pushed.

In the framework of the Tayad Cafe at the international center B5, a mobilisationevent took place last Thursday to call for this year's internationalist block at the trade union demonstration on first of May. In the course of the event, presentations on various topics were given by different organizations that have come together to form an alliance for the internationalist block.

For three weeks, more than 50 truck drivers from Poland and Uzbekistan have been on strike at the Gräfenhausen highway service station near Darmstadt. The reason for the wildcat strike are unpaid wages of up to 4000 euros for more than 50 days. The truck drivers are employed by the Polish Mazur group, a company hires the truck drivers with pseudo self-employed contracts and organizes their trips for large European companies and freight distributors such as Ikea and Siemens.

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On march 28th, in Bergen, Kampkomiteen (The Struggle Committee), together with Sosialistisk Ungdom and Revolutionære Kommunister, organised a protest against the Interoceanic Corridor (CIIT) under tha slogan: ”The Interoceanic Corridor (CIIT) plunders and kills poor peasants and indigenous peoples i Mexico!”.

After a justified demonstration in Berlin Neukölln/Kreuzberg last weekend, which was directed against the renewed attacks of the Israeli army on the Al Aqsa Mosque, as well as against the bombardments of the Gaza Strip, the German bourgeois press again started a smear campaign against the supporters of the Palestinian liberation struggle. The demonstration organised by the comrades of Samidoun, with several hundred participants, was demonised in the German press from the hate paper BZ to the state media such as the Tagesschau and dubbed as anti-Semitic and inciting the people. Slogans against Israel and for a free and self-determined Palestine are now said to be the reason for "harsh prosecution" as demanded by high German politicians such as Berlin's Mayor Franziska Giffey or Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (both SPD). The recent attacks on the Al Aqsa mosque, the rockets on Gaza and the ongoing genocide perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinians, which has escalated even further this year, on the other hand, receive no attention whatsoever in the articles about the demonstration, even though it was a reaction to precisely these attacks.

Everywhere in Germany, there is a severe shortage of qualified teachers in schools. Everyone who has children or still goes to school can tell what this means for us. Constantly changing teachers, lessons that are cancelled, merging of school classes and last but not least, the students are required to learn all the topics that have not been worked on on their own, whereby the tasks of the education system are simply shifted onto parents and students.