Another Blow For Centralist Politics: Merkel’s Failure to Form A Coalition Government

Germany has been the strongest capitalist economy in Europe and the heart of the European Union.

But the rise of homelessness, insecure employment and the resurgence of the right wing makes it difficult to paper over these problems with a grand supposed “consensus”. Thankfully, the Greens refused to join. Even the compromised SPD has stayed away, at least temporarily.

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About Bruce Lerro

Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He has applied a Vygotskian socio-historical perspective to his five books: "From Earth-Spirits to Sky-Gods: the Socio-ecological Origins of Monotheism, Individualism and Hyper-Abstract Reasoning", "Power in Eden: The Emergence of Gender Hierarchies in the Ancient World" (co-authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn), "Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present", "Lucifer's Labyrinth: Individualism, Hyper-Abstract Thinking and the Process of Becoming Civilized", and "The Magickal Enchantment of Materialism: Why Marxists Need Neopaganism". He is also a representational artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. Bruce is a libertarian communist and lives in Olympia, WA.

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