Weekly news roundup from Berlin and Germany
The Left Berlin News and Comment
Uprooting the Minerals-Energy Complex
Climate activists in South Africa are mobilising and making concrete demands, reports Alex Lenferna, secretary of the Climate Justice Coalition
How did Berlin Museums get the Benin Bronzes? Part One
What role do the self-dubbed, ‘great’ museums of the Western world play in colonialism?
Fight the virus – in Germany and Britain
Great Britain offers no model for fighting Corona, but the German government is not much better, We need a response based on solidarity.
One Year In, What Kind of Deal Has Biden Left Us?
Joe Biden’s first year has thrown some crumbs to workers, but mainly helped the corporate status quo. It’s time to build mass organisation based on labour and a fight from below.
Joining the dots: pandemics and political economy
The Global South suffers disproportionately from Covid. We need Health Justice, argues Rehad Desai, director of the new film Time of Pandemics
News from Berlin and Germany, 13th January 2022
Weekly news roundup from Berlin and Germany
Best of recent German-language Cinema
Improve your language skills and learn more about Germany by watching the best recent German films.
New year, New Covid – in the UK
It’s time for government to put the health of the people first – ‘vaccinate, but let infection spread’ is not good enough.