It is almost six years to the day since the charismatic German left-wing politician Sahra Wagenknecht launched a new movement to counter the rise of the far-right in her country.
Wagenknecht is proof that much of the mainstream media go easy on a politician if they are perceived to be left-wing
What distinguished ‘Aufstehen’ (Stand Up) from the rest of the left was its negative view of mass immigration.
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