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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

Written by Phil ButlandThe Left Berlin
Culture & Sport

Best of recent German-language Cinema

by Phil Butland on 12/01/2022
Improve your language skills and learn more about Germany by watching the best recent German films.
Berlin

We won the housing referendum in 2021. Let’s get it implemented in 2022.

by Phil Butland on 08/01/2022
The vote for expropriation must be respected. This requires more direct action, not hope in the courts or the new Berlin government

Paragraph 218 makes abortion practically illegal – Scrap it!

by Phil Butland on 16/12/2021
Kate Cahoon from the Bündnis für sexuelle Selbstbestimmung on the chances of law reform, international solidarity and why abortion is still illegal in Germany
Elections

“There is space for change when millions take to the streets”

by Phil Butland on 15/12/2021
Ahead of Sunday's elections in Chile, we talk to activist Pablo Abufom Silva about 50 years of neoliberalism, the mass protests of 2019 and the threat of fascism

theleftberlin.com: How we got here. Where we want to go

by Phil Butland on 11/12/2021
Presentation given at theleftberlin Journalism Day School, 20th November 2021
Elections

Macron, Electoral Chaos, the Fascists and the Alternative

by Phil Butland on 22/11/2021
French presidential elections 2022 – Interview with John Mullen
Culture & Sport

“Everything changes the world – little by little”

by Phil Butland on 21/11/2021
Interview with Anastasia Klevets, organiser of an exhibition about violence against LGBT people in Russia
Demonstrations & Direct Action

The politics of Greta Thunberg

by Phil Butland on 11/11/2021
Greta Thunberg has so far played an exemplary role in the climate movement. But sooner or later she may have to make a difficult choice on how to go forward
Anti-imperialism

Why Demonstrate in Berlin for Western Sahara?

by Phil Butland on 07/11/2021
Speech at the rally for Western Sahara, Brandenburger Tor, 6th November 2021. Plus Photo Gallery
Anti-imperialism

The peaceful resistance will continue

by Phil Butland on 04/11/2021
Interview with Shadia Abdel-Moneim, political secretary of Sudanese Communist Party in Berlin
Anti-imperialism

“Not All the Walls Have Fallen With the Berlin Wall”

by Phil Butland on 01/11/2021
Interview with Taleb Alisalem about Western Sahara, Africa's last colony
Anti-imperialism

Picture Gallery: Demonstration for Sudan, 30th October 2021, Berlin

by Phil Butland on 30/10/2021
Demonstration from the Sudanese Embassy to Joachimsthalerplatz
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