Despite the closure of cinemas for several months, 2020 was a surprisingly good year for films. There was very little to moan about, if we ignore Sofia Coppola for a moment.
News & Comment
Yes, the Ausländerbehörde is a racist institution
Allow me to expat-splain
Review – Rebellious Daughters Of History by Judy Cox
How did you spend lockdown? Judy Cox wrote a series of pen portraits of largely unknown rebellious women. At first, Judy’s essays appeared on her Facebook page and theleftberlin.com. Now they’ve been released as a book. Arlene Finnigan reviews.
The Bundestag and Israel Boycott – leading cultural institutions respond
Just over 18 months ago, the German Bundestag passed a resolution condemning the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement as “antisemitic”. It is non-binding and even the Bundestag research service has called it unconstitutional. But it has already had serious consequences and provoked protests from unexpected sources
Time to take responsibility for covid failures
Appeal to the Westminster government
Corona politics and exclusion in Germany
Since when does the CDU get to tell us who our family is?
Jewish Socialists in the UK speak out
The response of some people to Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party was to accuse Labour and the Left in general of antisemitism. We spoke to some Jewish socialists in the UK about their experiences and perspectives
Right2TheCity
Deutsche Wohnen &Co Enteignen … but in English
Hertha vs Union and the Battle for Berlin
The Berlin derby might look like a capitalist juggernaut versus a worker-owned union, but it’s much more complicated than that