The new German entry to the Oscars is the adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front now available on Netflix and is a masterpiece of German realism ... to the pits by social-engineering ...

In Germany, as elsewhere, "democracy" means whatever the ruling class says it means. Often, that means banning dissident political parties.

The first occurred around 1948, when the young, freshly graduated artist attempted to reimagine realism to be relevant after the catastrophic war. The second came in about 1956, when he tried to do ...

Why is this important? The socialist Left Party has struggled for survival in recent years over the rise of the far-right in ...