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Today (Friday) is the latest Global Climate Strike. The climate crisis is here. It can no longer be ignored. We feel it in all areas of life. But politicians continue to do nothing. The German government is delaying, blocking and preventing climate protection. Germany is far from living up to its historic responsibility to the Global South. Many people are frustrated by the political standstill. We want to change that. In a broad civil society alliance, we will take to the streets on September 15. The majority of society still and now more than ever wants ambitious climate protection and thus social justice. Join the demonstration at Brandenburger Tor at midday.

At 4pm, also on Friday, an anti-colonial Climate protest will be starting at Oranienplatz. Join us on the streets in solidarity for an Anti-Colonial Climate Justice protest alongside our siblings and communities in the global majority. This is an intersectional global struggle; its facets are interconnected. Abolish Frontex, bring down the walls of fortress and lets break the borders between us to free Palestine, Kurdistan, Sudan, Abyala, Balochistan and libration in the rest of the world. In solidarity and empowerment, let us always keep in mind: “The people united will never ever be defeated.”

On Saturday, Christian fundamentalist and right-wing nationalist opponents of the right to sexual determination are once more staging a so-called “March for Life” in Berlin-Mitte. They are demanding a total ban of abortions and are agitating against non-heterosexual couples or families, and the diversity of sexual identities. Thousands of right-wing fundamentalists will be marching through Berlin. In response, the Bündnis für Sexuelle Selbstbestimmung has called a demonstration Live and Love without Paternalism. Take to the streets for sexual self-determination for all. It starts at Brandenburger Tor at midday. If you want to join like-minded people, you can march with the Berlin LINKE Internationals.

On Sunday, at 2pm, it’s the latest Berlin LINKE Internationals walking tour. This month it’s the 123rd anniversary edition of Unrest in Moabit. When we picture riots in Berlin, we all think of Kreuzberg. But 77 years before the Neighborhood Uprising in Kreuzberg, Moabit saw the biggest riots in the city’s history. In 1910, a run-of-the-mill strike by coalmen escalated. Within a week, up to 30,000 workers were on the streets fighting against police. This week of street battles became known as the Moabit Unrest.  The tour starts at 2pm at the Amtsgericht, near U-Bhf Turmstraße.  Follow the link above to register. More information will be sent to everyone who has registered on Saturday.

On Tuesday, Gabriela Germany is organising the first of 2 sessions of a Free Online Mental Health Training-Workshop for women with migration background! Among the most vulnerable groups that were affected by the crisis brought by the COVID-19 were migrant women. Many migrant women, especially BIPOCs (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour), suffer from isolation, anxiety and depression over accumulating loans and interest payments, loss of livelihoods, or the prospect of having to return to- or stay locked down in abusive or violent environments. Register here. Gabriela’s Mental Health Training Workshops are our Campaign of the Week.

There are many more activities this week in Berlin, which are listed on our Events page. You can also see a shorter, but more detailed list of events which we are directly involved in here.

In News from Berlin, Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen activists talk about the next steps towards expropriation, a combination of gentrification, Covid, and motorway extinction is threatening Berlin’s club culture, and 20 arson attacks by neo-Nazis have been reported in Neu-Hohenschönhausen in the last 18 months.

In News from Germany, Sahra Wagenknecht is one step closer towards launching a new party, 42.1% vote for the AfD in the first round of mayoral elections in Nordhausen in Thüringen, anonymous forensics for rape victims extended, and Germany’s new heating law comes into effect at the beginning of next year.

Read all about it in this week’s News from Berlin and Germany.

New on theleftberlin this week, Polish socialist Andrzej Żebrowski calls for opposition to all imperialisms, East and West, we publish a translation of the Bündnis für Sexuelle Selbstbestimmung’s Call to Action against the fundamentalist “March for Life”, Tanzanian human rights lawyer Joseph Oleshangay reports on his country’s latest round of repression, and Dr. John Puntis reports from a recent European conference on Saving Public Health.

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This evening (Thursday), AfD leader Björn Höcke will be speaking in Oranienburg, a town just north of Berlin. Höcke is from the Nazi “Flugel” wing of the party and is a very dangerous man. The trade union IG Metall is supporting a counter-protest: “All together against Fascism”, saying “the AfD claim to be fighting for participation and democracy because they are for referenda. In fact, the AfD want to weaken or even remove these elements of democracy, which are important for defending the interests of opposition and minorities–No platform for Fascists. Stand up against racism and come to the demo against the AfD meeting with Björn Höcke in Oranienburg at 6pm. Come to the meeting point at Oranienburg station.

On Friday from 4pm, there’s a Rally and Concert No Cops for Görli – Protest against the Berlin Security Summit. The action is demanding an end to violence and for Germany to finally implement a right to stay and work permits for everyone, including migrants. It calls on the government to provide appropriate support for drug takers. That will create real security! Come along to the platform in front of the CoLab in Görlitzer Park and show the cops and co, what we think of their work in Görli.

Monday is the 50th anniversary of the “other” 11th September – the US-backed coup in Chile which removed socialist president Salvador Allende and installed General Pinochet’s brand of fascism and neo-liberalism. There are a number of events commemorating the coup, including:

• A meeting by marx21 with eye witness Mario Nain 50 Years Coup in Chile: Why did the parliamentary road to socialism fail? The talk will be in English, with translation into German. It starts on Friday at 7.30pm in Schierker Straße 26 or online.
• An exhibition – Memoria Máquina; 50 Years Putsch in Chile – at the museum of capitalism. The exhibition starts on Saturday and will last unril 15th October.
• A rally outside the US embassy organised by Freiheit statt Angst (freedom not fear). This will be on Monday between 4.30pm and 8pm.
• A day of Lectures, Readings, Screenings, Talks: Almost Blind. Chile 1973/2023. This will also be on Monday, in the Haus der Kulturen der Welt.

On Saturday, Rheinmetall Entwaffnen and Berlin Migrant Strikers are organising an International Exchange – The Left and the war. We must act. Including speakers from the RFU (Ukrainian Workers Front) and the Russian RKSM(b) (Revolutionary Communist Youth League (Bolshevik)). This will be followed by a session with two anti-militaristic dockers from Genoa and Jürgen Wagner from the German Information Centre Militarisation (IMI). This networking event will be in different languages. The organisers will try to offer “whisper translation” into English. It starts at 2pm in Mehringhof, Gneisenaustraße 2a.

On Saturday at 3pm it’s the Pride Parade Berlin. Under the slogan Disabled and mad – back on the streets, this is the tenth anniversary of Mad-and-Disability Pride in Berlin! The demonstration starts at 3pm from Hermannplatz, 10967 Berlin. We’ll finish with a stage at Südblock at Kottbusser Tor, Admiralstraße 1-2. Spoken contributions will be held in German spoken language and translated to German Sign Language. The route is about 1.7 km long. The route leads over asphalt roads. At the end, there will be lowered curbs leading to a square with sidewalk slabs. The entire route is step-free and easy to roll on. It has a total of 13m uphill and 9m downhill. Mad and Disability Pride is our Campaign of the Week.

There are many more activities this week in Berlin, which are listed on our Events page. You can also see a shorter, but more detailed list of events which we are directly involved in here.

In News from Berlin, 700 people demonstrate against war in Berlin, and police plan a bigger clampdown on environmental acticvists.

In News from Germany, 27 members of Letzte Generation are jailed without trial in Bavaria, CDU leader Merz wants to increase deportations, the German government proposes a 3 year rent freeze … but landlords will still be allowed to raise rents, 3 million people without work are not officially unemployed, and Bavaria’s Deputy Prime Minister is accused of antisemitism.

Read all about it in this week’s News from Berlin and Germany.

New on theleftberlin this week, John Mullin in Paris looks at Macron’s latest ban of Islamic dress in schools, while Polish socialist Andrzej Żebrowski calls for opposition to all imperalisms.

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Hello everyone,

This evening (Thursday) at 6.30pm, there’s a public meeting: Joint fight against State Repression, but how? with inputs from the Palestine Campaign, the Kurdish movement, BIPoCs for Future, the Campaign for the victims of racist violence (KOP) and a lawyer. Whether it’s the movement for Palestine, Climate Justice or Kurdistan, or the fight against racist police violence – the State is attacking several left-wing  movements at the same time. A “divide and rule” strategy is used to separate them from another. Come and join a discussion in the Mehrgenerationenhaus (Gniesenaustraße 12) about how we can break this isolation. The meeting will be in German, with translation into English available.

From Friday to Sunday, there’s the Situated Economies conference. Situated Ecologies weaves together ecology, art and activism, focusing in on the locality of Berlin. Taking place at the Floating University, it aims to become a space for reflection on climate justice and ecological entanglements in urban environments. Featuring workshops, soundwalks, performances, and collective meals, Situated Ecologies invites artistic and collective constellations to open the space for exchange, storytelling and listening. It is organised by Sonic Tomorrow, who are our Campaign of the Week.

Friday is Anti-War Day – the anniversary of the start of the Second World War. A number of Events have been organised over the weekend, including the following:

• Friday 3-5pm, LINKE Peace Festival with Gregor Gysi and Gesina Lötzsch, Prerower Platz 1
• Friday 6pm, Rally for World Peace Day, Brandenburger Tor
• Friday from 7pm Party and Concert for Rheinmetall Entwaffnen, Rote Insel near S Yorckstraße
• Saturday 2pm Demonstration – no to rearmament and war, Pariser Platz

On Saturday lunchtime, Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen are organising a Graffiti battle for Expropriation. Show your creativity in the fight for affordable housing. At the large graffiti wall in the Mauerpark near the Eberswalder entrance, the spray cans will be unpacked again this year, and the best logo wins! Come along and join the spraying for a Berlin for everyone. We want to exchange views, sprays and jointly demand: finally implement the referendum! It all takes place between 11am and 3pm.

Spanish football president Luis Rubiales has shown that sexist ideas are still very much mainstream, And far right groups like VOX in Spain and the AfD in Germany are trying to roll back women’s rights even further. On 16^th September thousands of fundamentalists, including the AfD’s Beatrix von Storch, will be marching through Berlin. This Monday, the Berlin LINKE Internationals will be meeting at 7pm in Schierker Straße 26 to discuss the Far Right and Antifeminism, and strategies of fighting back. The discussion will follow half an hour planning future activities.

There are many more activities this week in Berlin, which are listed on our Events page – especially so this week. You can also see a shorter, but more detailed list of events which we are directly involved in here.

In News from Berlin, Berlin doctors warn that there will be a shortage of medicines this winter.

In News from Germany, as schools reopenm there is a shortage of nearly 1,500 educators in Brandenburg, the first stage of the law making German citizenship easier has passed, fourth decline in-a-row leads the German economy into recession, Munich authorities crack down on climate protestors, Germany will legalise cannabis, the citizens income which replaced Hartz IV will rise, and prosecutors drop charges against Rammstein singer Till Lindemann.

Read all about it in this week’s News from Berlin and Germany.

New on theleftberlin this week, Hari Kumar looks at Madame Butterfly and charges of cultural appropriation.

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Hello everyone,

On Saturday it’s the Beyond Borders street festival on sea rescue. For the first time, the Beyond Borders Collective invites you to a street festival focused on civilian sea rescue and safe escape routes. Starting at 11am, there will be a cultural program, lectures, and information booths offered until 9pm. Other collectives such as LGBTQ+ Lesvos Solidarity will participate. It all takes place in Spreewaldplatz near the entrance to Görlitzer Park.

Also on Saturday, the Go Film the Police alliance is organising a demonstration to make police brutality visible as organised violence, and to resist the criminalisation of film. Let us be loud against racist police violence! Let us be loud against everyday harassment and oppression, and organise together! The demo starts at 4pm at the RAW Gelände near S-Bahn Warschauer Straße and ends around 6pm at Oranienplatz.

On Saturday from 4pm, Die LINKE Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg is organising a Beach Party in protest against the closure of swimming pools. In Friedrichshain there is nowhere left to swim, and in Kreuzberg there are fewer opportunities although the Spree runs through the whole city and the quality of its water is getting better all the time. The party is demanding a lido on the Stralauer peninsula. Because of building work on the peninsula, it will be taking place in exile in the Jockel Biergarten.

And on Saturday evening, there’s a Sudan Solidarity Festival for Freedom, Peace and Justice. Sudan Solidarity Festival wants to set an example for peace in Sudan by bringing people together and encouraging mutual exchange! With live acts by solidarity musicians from Sudan and Germany, the festival wants to celebrate the courage of the Sudanese who have been opposing the oppressive military for years. It takes place in the Festsaal Kreuzberg and is our Campaign of the Week.

On Tuesday evening, Extinction Rebellion is organising a walking tour about German colonialism in Wedding. The tour focuses primarily on the everyday historical manifestations of German colonialism in the north of Berlin. It will explore the continuities of German colonial medicine, deal with the numerous colonial acts of violence and scandals and question the understanding of tradition of some Berlin allotment garden associations. It starts at Sprengelhaus, Sprengelstraße 15 at 6pm. The tour will be in German with whispered translation into English.

There are many more activities this week in Berlin, which are listed on our Events page. You can also see a shorter, but more detailed list of events which we are directly involved in here.

Two extra dates for your diary:

• The Situated Ecologies festival for sounding ecological entanglements in urban environments will be in Berlin next week between 1^st-3^rd. More information in next week’s Newsletter, but the organisers recommend that you register by 30^th August.
• Next year’s Berlin LINKE Internationals Summer Camp will be in the usual venue – Naturfreunde Hermsdorf – on 29^th-30^th June 2024. The programme will be developed later this year. If you’d like to be involved, please contact the LINKE Internationals on lag.internationals@die-linke-berlin.de.

In News from Berlin, the Berlin government and real estate developers defy another referendum and prepare to build on Tempelhofer Feld.

In News from Germany, an Islamophobic demonstration follows an attack on a refugee home in Saxony, Germany sees three times as many far right demos as last year, experts find Germany’s plans to tackle climate change to be inadequate, changes to the €49 rail ticket mean fewer rights for travellers, court allows Shelby Lynn to continue her accusations against Rammstein singer Till Lindemann, migration laws are eased to fill Germany’s shortage of skilled workers, and meat production in Germany continues to fall.

Read all about it in this week’s News from Berlin and Germany.

New on theleftberlin this week, Dominic Bunnett looks at ISDS, the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System, the financial treaty which systematizes the exploitation of the Global South.

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Hello everyone,

This afternoon (Thursday) at 3pm, Lieferando workers from all over Germany will be meeting in Berlin to demonstrate for a collective wage agreement. The demonstration is a response to Lieferando’s “Nothing but silence” strategy of not communicating with it’s workforce or their trade unions. The company cannot get out of the affair that easily, so come and be loud for a collective agreement! The demonstration will be outside Lieferando’s HQ at Cuvrystraße 50-54 / Schlesische Straße 34, and is part of the NGG union’s Liefern am Limit campaign, which is our Campaign of the Week.

This evening at 6pm there’s a demonstration We Fight Back! against anti-Queer violence. In early July 2023, two women were insulted in a queer and homophobic way and brutally attacked. Both had to go to the hospital, the assaulters were able to flee. Many people witnessed the attack, no person intervened. The demonstration is at Spreewaldplatz, the scene of the crime in Reichenbergerstraße together with all those who want to show solidarity and fight against queer-hostile violence to show that we are tired of being afraid for ourselves, our friends, comrades and family.

Today is also the start of the Forum Theater week-end in the Ufer Studios in Wedding. With plays “No means NO” (Thursday), a production by KURINGA (Friday and Saturday), and “Every day the same game” (Saturday), you can expect stimulating conversations, to explore pressing societal issues, and connect with like-minded individuals who believe in the transformative power of theater. Together, let’s ignite the spark of dialogue and inspire positive transformation in our world.

On Monday at 7pm, Extinction Rebellion Wedding have their monthly Anticolonial meeting in English. Let’s come together to connect and organize, to build a better community around us and stand up for climate and social justice. The plan is to meet once a month officially and in between meetings support events and actions happening that address the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, colonialism and more. It’s in the Sprengel Haus, Sprenelstraße 15.

On Wednesday at 7pm there’s a Solidarity Evening for the Hope Project on Lesbos. In June 2023, EU countries united to tighten the European asylum procedure. At the same time, thousands of displaced people were enduring inacceptable conditions on the Greek island of Lesbos. We are disappointed and speechless at the planned reform and therefore invite you to a solidarity evening for the Hope Project Greece, which has been fighting for refugees on Lesbos since 2005. The event is taking place in Ida Nowhere, Donaustraße 79.

There are many more activities this week in Berlin, which are listed on our Events page. You can also see a shorter, but more detailed list of events which we are directly involved in here.

In News from Berlin, security guards evict people from apartments for homeless people, arson attack on memorial book to Holocaust victims, memorial to gay and lesbian victims of the Nazis is vandalised, Wolt couriers take the company to court demanding better working conditions, and 200 pharmaceutical workers go on strike for better wages.

In News from Germany, the Comité International de Dachau expresses its concern about the rise of the AfD, and Nazis disrupt CSD in Sachsen-Anhalt.

Read all about it in this week’s News from Berlin and Germany.

In the Video of the Week, Egyptian journalist and Berlin resident Hossam el-Hamalawy talks to David Hearst about Egyptian’s 2011 revolution and its aftermath. You can read a long interview we recently did with Hossam here.

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