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    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.

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    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.

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    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 wwwguysmallmancom | MR Online

    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.

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    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!

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    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.

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    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 | MR Online

    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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    The Gisèle Pelicot case: A catalyst for change in justice and society

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on January 3, 2025 by Viivi Suhonen (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Jan 06, 2025)

    The trial over the decade-long abuse involving numerous men has shaken many, and requires us to demand societal and judicial change.

  •  | Trade unionists on antiracist demo in Paris 14 December 2024 Photo John Mullen | MR Online

    Macron appoints Zombie government in France

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on December 29, 2024 by Phil Butland (more by The Left Berlin)  |

    After the fall of right-wing PM Michel Barnier to a no-confidence vote, Emmanuel Macron has appointed a new Prime Minister, François Bayrou, to attempt to apply the same policies. The Left Berlin spoke to Paris activist, John Mullen.

  •  | Photo Joost J Bakker CC20 | MR Online

    The Valencia floods have one clear culprit: Capitalism

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on November 4, 2024 by Roser Gari Perez (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Nov 07, 2024)

    Capitalism and Spain’s right wing parties are responsible for Valencia flooding deaths.

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    “Queers for Palestine” is not self-hatred

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on August 11, 2024 by Caspar Schallar (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Aug 14, 2024)

    Queer people fight for a liberated and just world. Their solidarity with Palestine is therefore simply consistent.

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    German culture must confront its past

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on July 31, 2024 by Emily O'Sullivan (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Aug 06, 2024)

    How Palestine turned a classical musician and recovering child prodigy into a revolutionary.

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    Jeremy Corbyn’s Independent campaign in Britain’s 2024 General Election

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on August 2, 2024 by David Rosenberg (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Aug 05, 2024)

    A View from the Inside.

  •  | Rowan Place de la Republique | MR Online

    French elections : Antifascist victory and deep political crisis

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on July 9, 2024 (more by The Left Berlin)  |

    Election results in France bring joy but also reveal a difficult road ahead.

  •  | Casualties in Gaza Strip Photo Saleh Najm and Anas Sharif Fars Media Corporation CC40 | MR Online

    Open letter by Gaza academics and university administrators to the world

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on May 29, 2024 by The Left Berlin Staff (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted May 31, 2024)

    We call on our supporters to help us resist the Israeli campaign of scholasticide and rebuild our universities

  •  | Students prepare for the Polices approach to the barricade they had set up on Grimburgal on May 8 all images and videos in this article courtesy of the student and staff coalition for Palestine | MR Online

    Forget securitisation of the academy, we are now fully militarized

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on May 12, 2024 by Eleri Connick (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted May 14, 2024)

    Dutch Universities are waging war on their own students and Palestine activists.

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    Police brutality against students and silencing of Palestine solidarity at Freie Universität Berlin

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on December 27, 2023 by Transnational University Solidarity Initiative (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Dec 28, 2023)

    Open letter from students and non-tenured academics

  •  | Berlin Bans All Solidarity | MR Online

    Berlin bans all solidarity – an “Ausländer’s” perspective

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on October 18, 2023 by Nathaniel Flakin (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Oct 19, 2023)

    This is a strange time in Berlin. All expressions of solidarity with the people in Gaza have been banned

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    Joint assessment of the “Rise Up for Peace” rally

    Originally published: The Left Berlin on February 28, 2023 by Christine Buchholz (more by The Left Berlin)  | (Posted Mar 02, 2023)

    A translated statement from three Die Linke politicians on the “Rise Up for Peace” demonstration in Berlin and the need for Die Linke to become active as an anti-war party.

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