Oury Jalloh dies in police custody; a family and community demand answers

A broad peace coalition filled central Berlin as millions marched worldwide against the planned invasion. The action showed that anti-war opinion could become street power, while also challenging...

Protests against the Hartz IV labor-market and welfare reforms took shape in eastern German cities including Leipzig and Magdeburg. Participants described the reforms as a threat to livelihoods and...

The movement’s national high point brought demonstrations to more than 200 cities, with organizers reporting at least 200,000 participants. Opposition grew from eastern Germany and spread westward....

Around 50,000 people gathered in Berlin amid the continuing anti-Hartz IV wave. The march made clear that protests over benefit cuts were also a national debate about labor, dignity, and the social...

On the anniversary of Jalloh’s death, supporters gathered to remember him and challenge the handling of the police-cell death. The annual action helped build a durable movement that connected...

Tens of thousands marched in Rostock ahead of the Heiligendamm summit, opposing the G8’s power over debt, trade, war, climate, and African poverty. The coalition joined labor, church, development,...

Activists used mass blockades to obstruct routes into the summit security zone, arguing that political decisions affecting the world’s majority should not be made by a small club of powerful states....

After organizers rejected the limits of the court process, the initiative called a nationwide demonstration in Dessau under the demand to leave the courtroom and take the struggle to the streets....

The annual Oury Jalloh demonstration kept public attention on a death in police custody that activists said had not been adequately investigated. The movement’s insistence on remembering Jalloh by...