2+ hour, 45+ min ago  (845+ words) A new low for transparency and government accountability On March 26, the CDU/SPD-led Berlin parliament passed a law that significantly weakens the city's Freedom of Information Act (IFG)." The amendments to the IFG were rushed through, despite criticism from journalists,…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (271+ words) Repression in Berlin " report #7 Palestine at the Forefront 08/04/2026 The recent court ruling in the case of Ahmad Othman, a Palestinian-German activist in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), shows that the German state's repression isn't just brutal " at times it is also remarkably…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (613+ words) Weekly news round-up from Berlin and Germany Asking rents in Berlin almost 70% higher than a decade ago Rents in Berlin have risen particularly sharply in the past ten years " despite rent control. According to the German government, asking rents in…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (204+ words) The Left Berlin 07/04/2026 The campaign was launched earlier this year to oppose the banning of solidarity symbols such as the kufiya, olive branch, and watermelon at the memorial, as well as the site's other actions limiting free speech about the…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (306+ words) Reflecting on how neoliberalism has changed society in the past 45 years (for the worse) Have you ever tried to hum your alarm tone in the middle of the day? Despite it being one of my most listened-to songs, the daze…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1375+ words) First, one group of journalists writes that the president has signed a decree introducing a minute of silence. Now, every day at 9: 00, the entire country must fall silent in memory of the victims of the war. These texts usually include…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (437+ words) Part two of our interview with Migrantifa Berlin discusses the politics of language, commemoration politics and the basis of an anti-racist movement Charlie Ebert and Rowan Gaudet 03/04/2026 This article is the seventh piece in the series Neo-Nazis and Anti-Fascism in…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1351+ words) Interview with Mimi, mother of Daniel from the Ulm 5 Hi Mimi. Thanks for talking to us. Can you start just by introducing yourself? I'm the mother of Daniel, who is one of the Ulm five. I'm from Dublin but currently living…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (335+ words) Part 2 of an interview with Migrantifa " working in German, commemoration, and combining theory and practise Charlie Ebert and Rowan Gaudet 03/04/2026 This article is the seventh piece in the series Neo-Nazis and Anti-Fascism in Germany since the 1990s. The rest of the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (199+ words) The Academic Boycott Campaign Germany The Academic Boycott Campaign targets the intellectual infrastructure that sustains Israeli apartheid and occupation. ABC DE's objective is to confront these institutions' complicity directly and to raise political questions universities can no longer ignore: how…...