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GEW and the Nazi past: a book and the debate over the union’s history

Saskia Müller and Benjamin Ortmeyer’s book examines the National Socialist Teachers’ League’s role in the Nazi system. Its publication prompted an open letter and a broad debate about the GEW’s Nazi legacy, including calls to explain publicly the renaming of the Max Traeger Foundation.

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26 Oct 2026
Analysis

GEW and the Nazi past: a book and the debate over the union’s history

Saskia Müller and Benjamin Ortmeyer’s book examines the National Socialist Teachers’ League’s role in the Nazi system. Its publication prompted an open letter and a broad debate about the GEW’s Nazi legacy, including calls to explain publicly the renaming of the Max Traeger Foundation.

Author: Mag Source: labournet.de
Mag Germany Education Labor history
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12 Sep 2026
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“Zentrum Automobil e.V.” – a neo-fascist workplace group (not only) at Daimler (not only in Stuttgart) » LabourNet Germany

“The ‘Zentrum’ slate has once again run in this year’s works council elections at Daimler in Untertürkheim. The group behind it, ‘Zentrum Automobil e.V.,’ is a neo-fascist workplace organization. According to its bylaws, its goal is to establish workplace groups in the automotive industry, starting…

Author: Mag Source: labournet.de
Germany Auto industry Right-wing Trade Unions and Ideology
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15 Aug 2026
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The Labor Movement: Direct and Indirect. On the Ideology of Organizing the Economic Struggle

The impetus for this publication was a proposal by Boris Vasilyevich Rakitsky, one of the leaders of the School of Labor Democracy, a nonprofit organization operating under the Institute for the Country’s Prospects and Problems. The School of Labor Democracy conducts training seminars for labor act…

Author: Vasily Starostin Source: syndikalist.narod.ru
Vasily Starostin Russia Trade Unions and Ideology
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