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Dimitra Kyrillou on 14/04/2021
5 Oscar nominations – but is it any good? Our reviewer on why it works on both an artistic and political level
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The Left Berlin on 26/03/2021
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Phil Butland on 10/03/2021
Interview with the organisers of the exhibition "Eyes of Gaza"
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Edward Knudsen on 05/02/2021
How did an ailing strip mall video game retailer become headline news around the world? And what does this tell us about how capitalism works?
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Markus Joegiches on 21/01/2021
A recent event at Union Berlin has led some to suggest that German football has a racism problem. Is this true, and if it is, who should deal with it?
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Hari Kumar on 07/01/2021
The British Guardian newspaper has sacked their long-standing cartoonist. Is this because of antisemitism or part of the paper's general move to the right? And what does this mean for satire in the UK?
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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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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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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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Jacinta Nandi on 20/11/2020
Jacinta Nandi's new collection of short stories, The Worst Housewife in the World, draws on her life as a mother of two sons, the duties and burdens of everyday life, and the demands of society – and on how all this is connected with feminism. The reader learns a great deal about Germany, which Jacinta Nandi knows so well precisely because it has always remained a little bit foreign to her. Frédéric Valin talked to her about cheese on toast, care work, and Brexit
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Phil Butland on 02/11/2020
Interviews with Thomas Walter, Pablo Mal Éléve and Sobo Swobodnik - stars and director of the film "Against the Tide"