When Tony Blair was elected British prime minister, many people thought that Things Could Only Get Better. A few years later, Britain was at war and the Left was demoralised. A look back at the heady Blair years and what they mean in the wake of Joe Biden’s election victory
Articles by Phil Butland
10th Anniversary of the Arab Spring: An eyewitness account from Egypt 2011
A Berliner’s account from February 2011 following the Egyptian Uprising and the fall of Mubarak
The Irish campaign taking on EU cooperation with Israeli security forces
The Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign is working to end EU complicity with the Israeli Ministry of Public Security
2020 on theleftberlin.com
When we launched this website towards the end of 2019, we had little idea what was ahead. 2020 was a year of disease and of right-wing gains, but it was also a year of resistance. Phil Butland looks at what happened, how we reacted, and looks forward to a relaunch of the website next year
Not such a bad year after all – 2020 in Film
Despite the closure of cinemas for several months, 2020 was a surprisingly good year for films. There was very little to moan about, if we ignore Sofia Coppola for a moment.