Skip to content
  • About us
  • Authors
  • Contact us
The Left Berlin logo
  • Weekly news round-up
  • Articles by type
    • News and analysis
    • Interviews
    • Opinion
    • Reviews
    • Statements
    • Creative writing
    • Galleries
    • All articles
  • Events
    • The Left Berlin
    • Demos
    • All events
    • Submit an event
  • Get involved
Phil Butland

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: https://cinephil.home.blog/

Written by Phil ButlandThe Left Berlin
Partially destroyed Fasanenstrasse Synagogue in Berlin
Berlin

9 November 1938: Kristallnacht

by Phil Butland on 04/11/2026
This week in working class history
Culture

Artists for Palestine

by Phil Butland on 03/11/2026
Artists from Bruce Springsteen to Sally Rooney are opposing apartheid. Is anything similar possible in Germany?
Culture

“Art still has a romanticism or beauty that is unable to be censored”

by Phil Butland on 24/10/2026
Interview with Mohamed Badarne and Haya Khoury about the Khayal photo exhibition and fundraiser
Berlin

Cables of Resistance

by Phil Butland on 20/10/2026
Controlling Technology
Demonstrations & Direct Action

17 October 1961: Massacre of Algerians in Paris

by Phil Butland on 14/10/2026
This week in working class history
Culture

“Art can make people think differently,  but we also need concrete steps to change the world”

by Phil Butland on 12/10/2026
Interview with Dani Mo from the Grieving Doves about the upcoming Radical Performance Making workshops
Berlin

“Instead of sending weapons that will kill people, Germany could think about sending agricultural machines”

by Phil Butland on 12/10/2026
Interview with Mike from Time for Congo
Two silhouettes of men against a cloudy night sky and a city scape. The men appear to be sitting and facing each other, perhaps talking. It is a still from the trailer of the movie.
Culture

The banality of evil

by Phil Butland on 03/10/2026
Two cheers for NAZA—a meticulous documentation of the Israeli genocide but lacking Palestinian voices
Palestine

7 October 2023: Palestinian militants break out of Gaza

by Phil Butland on 29/09/2026
This week in working class history
Culture

“If you buy from Amazon, Jeff Bezos gets to have a bigger wedding”

by Phil Butland on 29/09/2026
Interview with Gabriel from the Schwarze Risse bookshop
Elections

Rage Against the Monster

by Phil Butland on 25/09/2026
Why are the AfD having electoral success and how can they be stopped?
Berlin

“It’s a historic win for Die Linke, and a ‘fuck you’ to extreme policing on the streets of Berlin”

by Phil Butland on 23/09/2026
Interview with journalist Hanno Hauenstein about the elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
12…27Next »

Get The Left Berlin newsletter directly to your inbox

News, campaigns and events from the international left in Berlin.

Subscribe now
The Left Berlin logo Subscribe to the Newsletter
  • Getting involved
  • Pitch an article
  • Submit an article
  • Campaign of the week
  • Authors
  • Events
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Impressum
  • Datenschutz
  • Copyright notices
All Rights Reserved © 2026
The Left Berlin logo
  • Weekly news round-up
  • Articles by type
    • News and analysis
    • Interviews
    • Opinion
    • Reviews
    • Statements
    • Creative writing
    • Galleries
    • All articles
  • Events
    • The Left Berlin
    • Demos
    • All events
    • Submit an event
  • Get involved

Get The Left Berlin newsletter directly to your inbox

Subscribe
  • About us
  • Authors
  • Contact us
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Email

Search

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.