In recent months, a new party has entered the German left. The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), headed by two women with immigrant roots in the Middle East and North Africa (Sahra Wagenknecht and Amira Mohamed Ali), takes a hardline approach to immigration in service of protecting ostensibly progressive values — specifically social welfare. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Six years ago, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party launched a similar strategy on the radical right.