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?
The Left Berlin News and Comment
German Anti-Palestinian Racism Besmirched The Commemoration of the Liberation of Auschwitz
A litany of abuses by the German state and its enablers in civil society lays bare their disrespect for the memory of the Shoah
News from Berlin and Germany, 5th February 2025
Weekly news round-up from Berlin and Germany
We Honour Our Dead: Never Again for Anyone Anywhere
Speeches from Anarchists 4 Palestine in Holocaust Memorial Day organised by Jewish Voices for Just Peace in the Middle East. 26 January 2025
Generative AI: At What Cost?
The expropriation, exploitation and environmental costs behind AI
The new Irish Government’s dubious beginnings on Palestine: a history and explainer
The new government is in, and it is sending signals that it will abandon Ireland’s recent progress on Palestine. How did we get here, and what can be done about it?
Who Should Socialists Vote for in the Upcoming German Elections?
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.
Ceasefire now?
And what Trump has to do with it
Copyright’s Discontents
How should Meta’s cynical use of Library Genesis inform political praxis?