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Why aren’t left-wing anti-immigration parties called fascists?

24 August 2024

4:30 PM

24 August 2024

4:30 PM

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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