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By contrast, the United States in 2025 has until now had a strong democratic tradition, stable institutions and a military focused solely on foreign threats. Despite these differences, Weimar’s ...
The Weimar Republic did not go down well in history, because that first attempt at making Germany a democracy did not end well, to say the least. The government was weak, the parliament was ...
Americans of the political left, center, and even parts of the right who see an existential threat in a Trump victory have pulled together in a way that parties in the Weimar Republic did not.
Where were they during the days of the Weimar Republic, when they might have made a difference? The answer is that most were members of various centrist political parties, completing their studies ...
It was spring of 1920, and troops were marching on Berlin. Conservative officers, who had helped the Weimar Republic defeat communist insurgents, were now turning on the politicians who led the ...
We knew that the threat to the republic comes predominantly from the left. This piece provides an insightful take that explains part of the mechanism responsible for that.
Social and political impact of the Depression on the Weimar Republic The reasons for growing support for the Nazis Role of the SA Propaganda Political extremism and scheming 1929-1932 Germany was ...
CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said that the republic was the outcome of the joint struggle of progressive political parties and people.
As staged by the talented Blank Theatre Company, a group of friends gather in Berlin to try to understand their moment.
The recent electoral outcome in South Africa has led to a new era of coalition governance, drawing intriguing parallels to the Weimar Republic period in Germany. As political theorists and ...
When it comes to the removal of a federal inspector general, the law seems pretty straight-forward. The president has the authority to do it, but he must first a) provide Congress with 30-day ...
Americans of the political left, center, and even parts of the right who see an existential threat in a Trump victory have pulled together in a way that parties in the Weimar Republic did not.