Phil Butland
Phil Butland is a socialist from Bradford, Northern England. He founded the Berlin LINKE Internationals and is now active with The Left Berlin and Sozialismus von Unten (SvU). Alongside his political activities, Phil is the curator of the CinePhil Berliner Film Blog
15 November 1884 - start of Berlin conference
“The reason the housing crisis continues is because there are people benefitting from it”
9 November 1918: Karl Liebknecht announces a “free German socialist republic”
Why a legal response to the genocide in Gaza is necessary but insufficient
30 October 1947 - Bertolt Brecht appears before the House Un-American Committee
23 October 1956 - Start of Hungarian revolution
16 October 1968: Tommie Smith and John Carlos celebrate Olympic victory with a Black Power salute
German repression of Palestine solidarity protests did not start on October 7th
October 14th 1943 - Escape from Sobibor
4 October 1936 - The Battle of Cable Street