7+ hour, 3+ min ago  (725+ words) An interview with Engineers Against Apartheid As the Ulm 5 are facing prison time over a break-in at an Israeli weapons firm, it's becoming harder to ignore how closely the same technologies we use daily are tied to companies and states…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (626+ words) Weekly news round-up from Berlin and Germany The Berlin State Audit Office considers the allocation of funding for antisemitism projects to be "clearly illegal." Its report mentions that the cultural affairs department under Senator Sarah Wedl-Wilson (independent, affiliated with the…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (574+ words) The trial of the Ulm 5 started in Stuttgart-Stammheim yesterday, and The Left Berlin journalists were there. Roser Gar" P'rez reports from inside the court, while Yasemin "zdemir, Compa'era Emiliana, and Pepe T. were at the protests outside Roser Gari Perez, Yasemin…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (300+ words) Berlin based student collective demanding to end the complicity of German Universities in the Gaza Genocide Palestine Solidarity Platform HU is a coalition that came together in winter 2025 at Humboldt University Berlin (HU). It consists of students and student groups…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (697+ words) The Israeli weapons manufacturer powering genocide and the activists who tried to disrupt it As the trial of the Ulm 5 approaches, we take a closer look at Elbit Systems and how it powers not only the genocide in Gaza but…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (276+ words) What the fall of Hungary's NER means, and what the left can learn from it There will'surely'be many analyses, opinion pieces, and hopefully'TV shows'recounting the intricacies of the years, months, and weeks leading up to this election, describing how and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1490+ words) The trial starts next Monday. Here's what you can do to help Phil Butland and Yasemin "zdemir 22/04/2026 Five activists with various nationalities have spent the last 7 months in different prisons around South Germany. Their crime? Taking non-violent direct action against…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (584+ words) Weekly news round-up from Berlin and Germany Thousands of people demand faster energy transition in Berlin Several thousand people gathered in the district of Berlin-Mitte on April 18 to demonstrate for a faster energy transition. According to the police, approximately 9, 000 participants…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (855+ words) An interview with the editors of HEIST, a new worker-owned magazine in Berlin Ruthie Weissmann: My name is Ruthie, I was an editor at The Berliner and now I'm a founding editor at HEIST. Peter Matthews: I'm Peter Matthews, I'm…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (167+ words) Hospital workers demand proper pay and conditions; Verdi refuses 60% strike pay supplement Ancillary workers at Berlin's Vivantes hospitals began an indefinite strike on Wednesday, 15 April. Their demand is simple: proper pay and conditions under the public sector contract. The city,…...