Berlin

Berlin Has a New Pride Demonstration That Cops Hate
Pride should be a protest, not a party. The Internationalist Queer Pride in Berlin takes up the tradition of the Stonewall Riots. Cops hate it — and that's a good thing
Nathaniel Flakin
July 30, 2023The Institute for Sexual Science: Berlin’s Forgotten Centre for Trans Activism
In the 1920s, a fancy Berlin villa was home to a gay Jewish doctor who facilitated the very first gender-affirming surgeries. In the same building, communist leaders held secret meetings with anti-colonial guerrilla fighters. The Institute for Sexual Science was like something out of a Fox News fever dream.
Nathaniel Flakin
June 29, 2023Berlin Police Shoot a 14-Year-Old Suspected Shoplifter
Last Saturday at Berlin’s central train station gunshots rang out from a drug store. A team of police fired at a 14-year-old girl who was suspected of shoplifting.
Kevin Rudden
February 24, 2023On the Anniversary of the Nakba, Berlin Police Ban All Pro-Palestinian Demonstrations
This is an unprecedented attack on the freedom of assembly, and it is being carried out by a "left-wing" government. Several hundred people defied the ban — and 59 were detained by police.
Nathaniel Flakin
May 16, 2022Will Berlin’s New Government Sabotage the Housing Referendum?
Last month Berliners voted overwhelmingly to expropriate big landlords in their city. Now the incoming government is trying to squash that decision by subjecting it to months of "expert analysis."
Nathaniel Flakin
October 29, 2021In Berlin, 56% Voted to Expropriate Big Landlords
On Sunday, 56% of Berliners voted in favor of expropriating housing companies that own more than 3,000 units in the city. But a militant campaign will be needed to implement the voters’ will.
Nathaniel Flakin
September 27, 2021Berlin in Solidarity with Palestine
More than 5,000 people joined a demonstration in Berlin on Saturday in solidarity with Palestine.
Nathaniel Flakin
May 17, 202120,000 Protest in Berlin After the Rent Cap is Overturned
The only way to stop exploding rents is to put housing under public control by nationalizing Berlin’s biggest landlords.
Nathaniel Flakin
April 26, 2021Berlin’s Social Democratic Government Evicts Residents of the City’s Largest Homeless Camp
As temperatures drop to -10°C, Berlin’s local government closed the Ostkreuz homeless camp and brought people to shelters. But was this all for realty speculators?
Nathaniel Flakin
February 11, 2021Berlin Will Vote on Expropriating Big Landlords
After over a year of delays, a referendum on expropriating Berlin’s biggest landlord, Deutsche Wohnen, is set to go ahead.
Nathaniel Flakin
September 28, 2020