Culture

Opinion

Bruce Springsteen’s new folk song classic “Streets of Minneapolis”

by Hari Kumar on 02/02/2026

Hari Kumar from the Marxist-Leninist Research Group on folk music and Trump’s ICE tactics

Opinion

How equipped is a film backed by Hollywood royalty to speak up for Gaza?

by Phil Butland on 26/01/2026

Film Review: The Voice of Hind Rajab

Graffiti eye with red and green iris. There is a huge gash cutting right through the eye and showing view of something on the other side of the wall.

News and Analysis

Power and powerlessness

by Angelika Stepken on 17/01/2026

What next, after Gaza broke the art world?

Interviews

“A lot of our narrative as non-white people is rendered invisible”

by Phil Butland on 16/01/2026

Interview with Usayd Younis, co-director of a new film about Satpal Ram

Leonardo DiCaprio in one of his scenes in One Battle After Another.

Reviews

2025 in Film

by Phil Butland on 03/01/2026

The best (and some of the less good) films of last year

Watercolor titled "Gargantua: Apologies to Honor Daumier." A large trump sits in the middle, mouth open as a golden stream of coins enters/exits his mouth. Elon Musk does a Nazi salute on his right. Investors smilingly accept the coins in the bottom left, a puppet holds the fate of various government programs at the bottom right. Armored police terrorize a lone protestor at the upper right. A ghostly figure next to a No Kings protestor says "Take this 2026".

News and Analysis

A year of militarism, rising right wing authoritarianism, and resistance

by Phil Butland on 01/01/2026

Most read articles on theleftberlin.com in 2025

Michelle Singer Reiner and Robert Reiner posing at an event.

News and Analysis

The currency of celebrity loyalty, from Minaj to Reiner

by Ellen McBride on 28/12/2025

The responsibility (and cost) of wielding influence with empathy

Campaign of the week

Art Prints for Gaza

by The Left Berlin on 16/12/2025

Organised by pass_on_print

News and Analysis

Trigger Warning – Peace

by J K Langford on 12/12/2025

Spoken word and clarinet performance at Grieving Doves Walk of Grief, November 16 in Berlin

News and Analysis

“Documenting resistance to Israeli colonial rule is the core of our work”

by Phil Butland on 12/12/2025

Interview with Ahmad Al-Bazz from Activestills Photography Collective Interview, exhibiting from 13th December in Berlin

News and Analysis

Photo Gallery – The Left Berlin End of Year Party 2025

by The Left Berlin on 11/12/2025

5th December, Linienstraße 206

News and Analysis

“My colouring book aims to rehumanize a people who have been dehumanized for more than 75 years”

by Phil Butland on 09/12/2025

Interview with Nathi Ngubane, whose book “From the River to the Sea” has just been removed from bookshops in Germany

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