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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

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Racism

16 October 1968: Tommie Smith and John Carlos celebrate Olympic victory with a Black Power salute

by Phil Butland on 15/10/2025
This week in working class history
Germany

German repression of Palestine solidarity protests did not start on October 7th

by Phil Butland on 08/10/2025
The current bans and police violence have their roots in a sinister pattern of repression that has been happening for much longer
Antisemitism

October 14th 1943 – Escape from Sobibor

by Phil Butland on 07/10/2025
This week in working class history
Demonstrations & Direct Action

4 October 1936 – The Battle of Cable Street

by Phil Butland on 30/09/2025
This week in working class history
Fascism

1 October 1965 – Attempted coup in Indonesia leads to Suharto dictatorship

by Phil Butland on 23/09/2025
This week in working class history
Culture

“If we hadn’t been there, they all would have died, and nobody would have even known”

by Phil Butland on 20/09/2025
Interview with photographer Lucas Maier, about his exhibition “People don’t let People drown”
Demonstrations & Direct Action

“This is beyond complicity. It is the direct empowerment of genocide”

by Phil Butland on 16/09/2025
Interview with an activist from Shut Elbit Down Berlin
Feminism

20 September 1973 – Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs

by Phil Butland on 16/09/2025
This week in working class history
Fascism

11 September 1973: Putsch in Chile—the other 9/11

by Phil Butland on 10/09/2025
This week in working class history
Imperialism

September 4, 2009 – Kunduz massacre

by Phil Butland on 02/09/2025
This week in working class history
Demonstrations & Direct Action

August 28 1968 – Police attack protests outside the Democratic National Convention

by Phil Butland on 27/08/2025
This week in working class history
Germany

“People are praying for the IDF in synagogues”

by Phil Butland on 24/08/2025
Interview with Wieland Hoban about his new book “Germany’s Jewish Problem”
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