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Nathaniel Flakin

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.

Written by Nathaniel FlakinThe Left Berlin
Berlin

A Failed Kafka Musical

by Nathaniel Flakin on 04/05/2026
Berliner Ensemble's Kafka-inspired "Talmudic Vaudeville" fails due to German state censorship of non-Zionist Jewish identity.
Women March Sign: Merz Leck Eier Stöcke
Berlin

Red Flag: Berlin’s Biggest Women’s Day in Decades

by Nathaniel Flakin on 11/03/2026
"March, lick ovaries!" This slogan will make sense by the end of Nathaniel Flakin's weekly column.
Anti-imperialism

Red Flag: Defend Iran, but Don’t Support the Theocracy!

by Nathaniel Flakin on 03/03/2026
In his weekly column, Nathaniel Flakin calls for anti-imperialism but not campism.
Berlinale Speech
Berlin

Red Flag: “I’m not a politician”

by Nathaniel Flakin on 25/02/2026
In his weekly column, Nathaniel Flakin looks at some artists' latest excuses supporting genocide.
Berlinale Abdallah Alkhatib
Berlin

Red Flag: Disgraceful cowardice at Berlinale (and a few brave artists)

by Nathaniel Flakin on 18/02/2026
In his weekly column, Nathaniel Flakin looks at filmmakers kowtowing to German imperialism.
All Charges Against Baki Have Been Dropped
Berlin

Red Flag: All charges against Baki have been dropped!

by Nathaniel Flakin on 11/02/2026
In his weekly column, Nathaniel looks at a legal victory for Palestine solidarity in Berlin.
Image: Chad Davis (https://chaddavis.photography/sets/ice-in-minneapolis/)
Racism and Fascism

Red Flag: Is it 1933?

by Nathaniel Flakin on 04/02/2026
In his weekly column, Nathaniel Flakin looks at the proto-fascist methods of ICE in Minneapolis
Berlin Police
Berlin

Red Flag: Germany Is Already Quite Trumpian

by Nathaniel Flakin on 28/01/2026
In his weekly column, Nathaniel Flakin looks at the similarities between Minneapolis and Berlin.
Nuuk
Anti-imperialism

Red Flag: Greenland doesn’t belong to Denmark either

by Nathaniel Flakin on 14/01/2026
In his weekly column, Nathaniel Flakin takes aim at European hypocrisy in the face of Trump's imperialism.
Top_of_power_line_pole_-_east_side
Berlin

Red Flag: Power outage in Berlin — was this far-left terrorism?

by Nathaniel Flakin on 07/01/2026
In his weekly column, Nathaniel Flakin looks at the sabotage action claimed by the Volcano Group.
History & Political Theory

Red Flag: What we can learn from East Germany is that socialism needs democracy

by Nathaniel Flakin on 17/12/2025
In his weekly column, Nathaniel Flakin takes another look at the German Democratic Republic
Protest Wehrpflicht
Demonstrations & Direct Action

Red Flag: Kids in Germany strike against conscription

by Nathaniel Flakin on 10/12/2025
In his weekly column, Nathaniel Flakin looks at school strikes in 90 cities against militarism.
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