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    Irish politicians condemn a “show trial” in Germany

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on July 24, 2026 by Phil Butland, Roser Gari Perez (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Jul 30, 2026)

    Parliamentarians visit the latest Ulm5 trial.

  • Stammheim prison. Photo: Ralph Ueltzhoeffer. CC2,0

    From the RAF to the Ulm 5

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on June 3, 2026 by azozomox (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Jun 06, 2026)

    The Stammheim trials and Germany’s ideological justice.

  • Palestine 36

    Palestine 36 – Film Review

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on April 18, 2026 by Phil Butland (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Apr 24, 2026)

    Annemarie Jacir’s new film is not just a history lesson. By explaining Palestinians’ fight against British colonialism, it helps us understand apartheid Israel.

  • Jewish militias in the village of Deir Yassin, April 1948. Photo: Ha'aretz. Public domain

    9 April 1948 – The Deir Yassin massacre

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on April 7, 2026 by Phil Butland (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Apr 09, 2026)

    This week in working class history.

  • Mimi's son Daniel, one of the Ulm 5. Photo: Ulm 5 campaign

    “People believe that there’s something terrible going on in Gaza and nothing is happening to stop it”

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on April 3, 2026 by Phil Butland (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Apr 04, 2026)

    Interview with Mimi, mother of Daniel from the Ulm 5.

  • German Armed Forces pistol training – Wikimedia Commons Public Domain, Ellen Brabo.

    Protecting Fascists: Neo-Nazis in Germany’s military and police

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on March 6, 2026 by Rowan Gaudet (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Mar 09, 2026)

    German military and police forces harbor extensive neo-Nazi networks that threaten public safety.

  • Adelaide Writers' Week on 1 March 2025. Photo by Pangalau.

    Australian literary festival collapses after axing Palestinian author

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on January 19, 2026 by Leon Whitehead (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Jan 24, 2026)

    McCarthyite censorship leads 180 writers to withdraw from Adelaide Writers’ Week.

  • 1978 demonstration to commemorate Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Photo: Joachim Spremberg, CC-BY-SA 3.0

    15 January 1919: Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht are murdered

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on January 13, 2026 by Phil Butland (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Jan 15, 2026)

    This week in working class history.

  • Die Linke

    Can Die Linke be saved from itself?

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on January 6, 2026 by Phil Butland (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Jan 09, 2026)

    In 2025, tens of thousands of pro-Palestine activists joined Die Linke, hoping to change the party’s direction. What chance do they have of winning?

  • photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC licensing

    Yes, the German Democratic Republic was socialist—and we have much to learn from it

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on September 29, 2025 by Internationale Forschungsstelle DDR (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Oct 03, 2025)

    Response to ‘Red Flag: No, East Germany wasn’t socialist—and neither is “democratic socialism”’

  • Don’t look away from our fight for justice in Indonesia

    Don’t look away from our fight for justice in Indonesia

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on August 30, 2025 by Navillera (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Sep 04, 2025)

    Appeal from an Indonesian activist.

  • Houria Bouteldja

    The masks have finally come off

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on August 6, 2025 by Phil Butland (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Aug 07, 2025)

    Interview with French decolonial activist Houria Bouteldja.

  • Picture: Daderot. Public Domain

    China is not a monolith

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on July 1, 2025 by Brandon Warner (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Jul 08, 2025)

    The Communist Party and socialist construction.

  • Photo: @bara.api

    Activists warn of the growing militarisation of the Indonesian government under General Prawobo

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on May 11, 2025 by Roser Gari Perez (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted May 13, 2025)

    Interview with Activist M. on the growing military influences on civil life threatening Indonesia’s dearly earned peace.

  • Picture: Public Domain

    The Great Gatsby 100 years later

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on April 28, 2025 by Richard Bradbury (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Apr 30, 2025)

    The relevance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most famous work today on its centennial.

  • London demonstration against the Supreme Court ruling, 19th April 2025. Photo: Guy Smallman www.guysmallman.com.

    We are the resistance

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on April 22, 2025 by Anna Southern (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Apr 25, 2025)

    The UK Supreme Court does not change the reality of trans and non-binary people.

  • Hutomo. CC4.0

    Halt Indonesia’s slide into military dictatorship

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on March 26, 2025 by The Left Berlin Staff (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Mar 31, 2025)

    Repeal the authoritarian TNI law before it’s too late!

  • Photo: Jackie. CC2.0

    Must dance and have a moustache

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on January 20, 2025 (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Jan 23, 2025)

    Thoughts on gay male culture as the Village People perform at the Trump inauguration.

  • Picture: Rodrio555. CC4.0

    Mary and her monster

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on January 4, 2025 by Judy Cox (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Jan 14, 2025)

    Some thoughts on Mary Shelley and Frankenstein.

  • Jean Marie Le Pen

    Jean-Marie Le Pen: Life and death of a Nazi

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on January 10, 2025 (more by The Left Berlin)  |

    John Mullen writes about the Nazi and colonial origins of Jean Marie Le Pen, and how they continue to influence French politics today.

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Monthly Review Essays

  • Parallel Universes
    Andy Merrifield

    Anybody who’s ever leafed through Finnegans Wake will quickly recognize that we’re not dealing here with a standard novel, just as anybody leafing through Marx’s Capital will know we’re not dealing with standard economics.

Lost & Found

  • Honor the Vietnamese, Not Those Who Killed Them
    Michael D. Yates A Vietnamese stamp depicting two Vietnamese resistance fighters shooting down a US Army helicopter.

    Only the courage of those who opposed the war, including the soldiers who did so at great risk, should be respected.

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