What is the Fall of the Berlin Wall? [Why did a 28-year-old wall disappear on November 9, 1989, due to a single slip of the tongue at a press conference?]

Hello everyone, this is Mexican Dandy Papa.Living in Mexico, the "border wall" is by no means a relic of the past; it is ...
World Socialist Web Site

Berlinale Retrospective: A look back at the fall of the Berlin Wall—“Lost in the 90s”

It is no coincidence that this year’s Berlinale Retrospective was titled “Lost in the 90s.” The burning problems of the present day, genocidal wars, dictatorship and increasing social decline, bring ...
Digital Journal

Germany marks 1989 Berlin Wall fall with ‘Preserve Freedom’ party

Artworks on the theme of freedom stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin – Copyright AFP Tobias SCHWARZ Germany marks 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell ...
America Magazine

Lessons from the Berlin Wall for Trump’s America: You can’t keep people in (or out) forever.

Sections of the Berlin Wall are of the Wende Museum’s permanent collection in Los Angeles, Calif. Credit: Isai Ramos on Unsplash Sixty-five years ago this week, soldiers and engineers of the German ...
Digital Journal

Sombre mood as Germany marks 30 years of fall of Berlin Wall

Germany opened Monday a week of festivities marking three decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall, but a hint of a return of the Cold War and the rise of nationalism is dampening the mood. Leaders ...