Weekly news round-up from Berlin and Germany
Articles
Digital socialism or extinction
The Lesson of Venezuela and the Conflict of Capitalism in its Most Ferocious Phase
Australian literary festival collapses after axing Palestinian author
McCarthyite censorship leads 180 writers to withdraw from Adelaide Writers’ Week
“Even when there is the worst kind of repression, it’s laying the seeds for opposition”
Interview with Hossam el-Hamalawy, author of Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi’s New Republic
Power and powerlessness
What next, after Gaza broke the art world?
The Government Cuts, Patagonia Burns
Amid escalating wildfires, examine the government policies further fueling environmental destruction in Patagonia
“A lot of our narrative as non-white people is rendered invisible”
Interview with Usayd Younis, co-director of a new film about Satpal Ram
Red Flag: Greenland doesn’t belong to Denmark either
In his weekly column, Nathaniel Flakin takes aim at European hypocrisy in the face of Trump’s imperialism.
News from Berlin and Germany, 14th January 2026
Weekly news round-up from Berlin and Germany