News & Comment

News from Berlin and Germany, 1st August 2024

by The Left Berlin

Weekly news round-up from Berlin and Germany

German Culture must Confront its Past

by Emily O'Sullivan

How Palestine turned a classical musician and recovering child prodigy into a revolutionary

JD Vance: A Parvenu Liberal Apostate and a Threat to Democracy

by Luke Hosford

JD Vance exemplifies the grimy realities of climbing the American social hierarchy. He is willing to watch the world burn if only for a chance to rule the ashes.

Exhibition: Witness

by The Left Berlin

شاهد Gaza Through Children’s Eyes

Summer Without Electricity

by Ilya Kharkow

Too hot to make up a quote

My Very Own Guernica

by Nina Ruth Mir

“And we, the writers, will remember.”—Lana Bastašić

Macron winning no medals for democracy

by John Mullen

Behind the Olympic razzamatazz in France, the authoritarian president is planning to defy election results

“Living in this country, there is no nuance when it comes to the idea of Palestinian Liberation”

by Phil Butland

Damineh Vaezpour and Phil Butland interview Palestinian journalist Hebh Jamal