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Old People in Sweden during the pandemic were treated as dispensable
For a while, some people hailed Sweden’s treatment of the Covid crisis as exemplary. Hari Kumar argues, that the Swedish model of minimal lockdown and herd immunity was anti-science and led to the deaths of many old people
2020 on theleftberlin.com
When we launched this website towards the end of 2019, we had little idea what was ahead. 2020 was a year of disease and of right-wing gains, but it was also a year of resistance. Phil Butland looks at what happened, how we reacted, and looks forward to a relaunch of the website next year
theleftberlin.com in 2020, Part Two – most viewed articles, #1-#10
Yesterday, we published the 11th to 30th most viewed articles on theleftberlin.com in 2020. Here are the 10 most viewed articles of the year.
theleftberlin.com in 2020, Part One – most viewed articles, #11-#30
In the year 2020 we published a lot of articles on theleftberlin.com. This is the first of a three-part series summarizing our year. Today its the 11th to 30th most viewed articles. Tomorrow we’ll list the top 10 and the day after we’ll review our year
Not such a bad year after all – 2020 in Film
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.
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