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Articles by Nathaniel Flakin

Red Flag over Berlinale 2025: An Embarrassing Festival of Self-Censorship

by Nathaniel Flakin

Feel bad about going to Berlinale this year? Maybe reading how terrible it was will help.

Should Socialists in Neukölln Vote for Ferat Koçak?

by Nathaniel Flakin

The local candidate of Die Linke is a well-known antiracist activist — he even supports Palestine! But his party has a long record of deportations. What to do?

The sure sign of a leftist bar, cops sitting outside of Bajszel. Photo by the author.

Berlin’s Antideutsch Bars Love Israel but Don’t Like Jews

by Nathaniel Flakin

Interview with Yuval Carasso about Bajszel, ://about blank, and Syndikat, “antideutsch” spaces presenting themselves as victims of antisemitism but have a history of excluding and assaulting Jews.

Are There Any Leftist Candidates in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg?

by Nathaniel Flakin

The once rebellious district was long represented by the legendary Hans-Christian Ströbele. He died in 2022, and his replacement is retiring. Who can lefty Kreuzbergers and Friedrichshainers vote for?

Photo from Klasse Gegen Klasse

Who Should Socialists Vote for in the Upcoming German Elections?

by Nathaniel Flakin

Polls predict a major shift to the right. Should socialists hold their noses and try to keep Die Linke in parliament? Nathaniel Flakin of Klasse Gegen Klasse makes the case for independent, working-class, revolutionary socialist candidacies.

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About Nathaniel Flakin

Nathaniel Flakin is a historian and journalist from Berlin. He published the anticapitalist guide book Revolutionary Berlin as well as a biography of the Jewish resistance fighter Martin Monath. He is a parent and on the autism spectrum.

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