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Rehad Desai on 06/01/2021
The urgent need for national organising and international solidarity in the fight against vaccine patent laws. A view from South Africa.
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Jacinta Nandi on 03/01/2021
Jacinta Nandi and Nadia Shehadeh in conversation about mums, marriage and men. About how housework would be ok if it weren't for the lazy man in the background. And why cleaning the house is a bit like sex work
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The Left Berlin on 01/01/2021
Weekly news roundup from Berlin and Germany
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Hari Kumar on 01/01/2021
For a while, some people hailed Sweden's treatment of the Covid crisis as exemplary. Hari Kumar argues, that the Swedish model of minimal lockdown and herd immunity was anti-science and led to the deaths of many old people
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Phil Butland on 31/12/2020
When we launched this website towards the end of 2019, we had little idea what was ahead. 2020 was a year of disease and of right-wing gains, but it was also a year of resistance. Phil Butland looks at what happened, how we reacted, and looks forward to a relaunch of the website next year
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The Left Berlin on 30/12/2020
Yesterday, we published the 11th to 30th most viewed articles on theleftberlin.com in 2020. Here are the 10 most viewed articles of the year.
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The Left Berlin on 29/12/2020
In the year 2020 we published a lot of articles on theleftberlin.com. This is the first of a three-part series summarizing our year. Today its the 11th to 30th most viewed articles. Tomorrow we'll list the top 10 and the day after we'll review our year
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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