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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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Berlin

 “I observe a huge gap between the activists of Die Linke and the position of the party in general”

by Phil Butland on 21/11/2025
Interview with Théo from Berlin Insoumise, whose room booking for a meeting with Flotilla activists was cancelled by Die Linke
Imperialism

15 November 1884 – start of Berlin conference

by Phil Butland on 12/11/2025
This week in working class history
Housing

 “The reason the housing crisis continues is because there are people benefitting from it”

by Phil Butland on 10/11/2025
Interview with Jacob Stringer, author of “Renters Unite”
Germany

9 November 1918: Karl Liebknecht announces a “free German socialist republic”

by Phil Butland on 04/11/2025
This week in working class history
Berlin

Why a legal response to the genocide in Gaza is necessary but insufficient

by Phil Butland on 29/10/2025
Takeaways from Berlin’s Gaza Tribunal
Policing & Law

30 October 1947 – Bertolt Brecht appears before the House Un-American Committee

by Phil Butland on 28/10/2025
This week in working class history
Workers’ Rights

23 October 1956 – Start of Hungarian revolution

by Phil Butland on 21/10/2025
This week in working class history
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
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