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Phil Butland on 28/12/2020
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.
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Tina Lee on 26/12/2020
Allow me to expat-splain
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Arlene Finnigan on 25/12/2020
How did you spend lockdown? Judy Cox wrote a series of pen portraits of largely unknown rebellious women. At first, Judy's essays appeared on her Facebook page and theleftberlin.com. Now they've been released as a book. Arlene Finnigan reviews.
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Phil Butland on 24/12/2020
Just over 18 months ago, the German Bundestag passed a resolution condemning the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement as “antisemitic”. It is non-binding and even the Bundestag research service has called it unconstitutional. But it has already had serious consequences and provoked protests from unexpected sources
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John Puntis on 23/12/2020
Appeal to the Westminster government
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Nadirah Porter-Kasbati on 22/12/2020
Since when does the CDU get to tell us who our family is?
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Phil Butland on 20/12/2020
The response of some people to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party was to accuse Labour and the Left in general of antisemitism. We spoke to some Jewish socialists in the UK about their experiences and perspectives
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Markus Joegiches on 18/12/2020
The Berlin derby might look like a capitalist juggernaut versus a worker-owned union, but it's much more complicated than that
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Jaime Martinez Porro on 16/12/2020
Invitation to join the working group "Right to the City for All," of the movement "Deutsche Wohnen & Co. Enteignen" (DWE)
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Phil Butland on 15/12/2020
Less than 1 year after leading Labour to win over 10 million votes in the general election, Jeremy Corbyn was temporarily suspended from the party. He is still not allowed to sit as a Labour MP. How could the beacon of hope for the British left fall so far so quickly?
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The Left Berlin on 13/12/2020
The Greek government is using the Corona pandemic to suppress freedom of assembly. But protests and civil disobedience are continuing
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Phil Butland on 07/12/2020
On election day, we interviewed several leftists from the USA about their feelings about the elections. At the time, a Trump victory was still a distinct possibility. One month on, we interviewed US socialists based in Germany, the UK, and the USA to try to get a sense of the current mood