Newsletter 3 August

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Here’s our weekly recommendation of activities and meetings in and around Berlin.

  • There are coming elections in Eastern Germany, where the AfD is expecting to make big gains. #unteilbar have called a demo against racism in Dresden on 24th August. You can book bus tickets from us by sending a mail to lag.internationals@die-linke-berlin.de. We’re picking up the first batch of tickets on Monday, so if you want to travel in the same bus as us, send us a message this week-end.
  • Two days after the demo, Corinna Genschel, who represents die LINKE in the #unteilbar alliance will be speaking to us about #unteilbar and the role of die LINKE in the fight against racism
  • And 4th September will be the tenth anniversary of the Kundus massacre in Afghanistan which resulted in the most people being killed by German soldiers since the second world war. We’re organising a special meeting on Kundus in German with Christine Buchholz MP, who represented die LINKE in the parliamentary commission on Kundus.
  • One last message. We were planning on having our monthly organising meeting, where we plan future activities, this week. Because of holidays and stuff, this will now probably take place the week beginning 12 August). If you’re interested in coming, or want us to send you a copy of the agenda, please get in touch.

If you have any events that you’d like us to tell people about, send a mail to lag.internationals@die-linke-berlin.de.

 

And now here’s a nice bulleted list of more events that are coming up in Berlin:


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#unteilbar anti-racist demo in Dresden, 24 August. Book your bus ticket now

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Don’t forget that we are organising bus tickets to the #unteilbar anti-racist demonstration on 24th August in Dresden. The demo will be one week before elections in Saxony and Brandenburg, where the AfD is predicted to do well.

Buses will leave Berlin (near Alexanderplatz) at 9.15am and return from Dresden at 7pm, arriving back in Berlin some time around 10pm. They cost €15, or €25 solidarity price if you can afford a little more.

If you would like to travel with us ot want more information, please contact us at lag.internationals@die-linke-berlin.de. If you want to be sure of travelling in the same bus as everyone else, try to contact us by 1 August. We’ll be sending a message out to everyone who has booked a ticket after then, so if you think you’ve booked with us but don’t receive a mail by next Sunday, please get in touch.

Also a reminder that 2 days after the demo, on Monday 26th, Corinna Genschel, who represents die LINKE in the #unteilbar alliance will be speaking on #unteilbar and the fight against racism What is the role of Die LINKE? In the Roter Laden in Friedrichshain.

Newsletter 27 July 2019

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Here’s our weekly recommendation of activities and meetings in and around Berlin.

  • We’re at the Fiesta de Solidaridad this afternoon in the Stadtpark Lichtenberg. There’ll be live music from Cuba and elsewhere, but we’ll also being selling tickets to the #unteilbar demo against racism in Dresden on 24th August.
    If you can’t make it to the festival but want to come to the demo, you can book bus tickets (€15, soli price €25) from us at lag.internationals@die-linke-berlin.de. If you contact us by 1st August, you’re guaranteed of (1) a bus ticket (2) a place in the same bus as everyone else. If you contact us after 1st August, we’ll see what we can do.
  • Two days after the demo, Corinna Genschel, who represents die LINKE in the #unteilbar alliance will be speaking to us about #unteilbar and the role of die LINKE in the fight against racism
  • And 4th September will be the tenth anniversary of the Kundus massacre in Afghanistan which resulted in the most people being killed by German soldiers since the second world war. We’re organising a special meeting on Kundus in German with Christine Buchholz MP, who represented die LINKE in the parliamentary commission on Kundus.
  • One last message from us. Once a month we meet together to plan our coming activities. We’re still in the process of fixing a next date but Thursday, 8 August is currently looking the most likely. If you’re interested in coming along and learning more about what we do, please get in touch.

If you have any events that you’d like us to tell people about, send a mail to lag.internationals@die-linke-berlin.de.

 

And now here’s a nice bulleted list of more events that are coming up in Berlin:

 

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Newsletter, 20 July 2019

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Back from our holidays, here’s our weekly recommendation of activities and meetings in and around Berlin. First, a couple of things that we’re organising:

  • On Monday at 7pm, Yonatan Miller from the newly founded Berlin chapter of Tech Workers Coalition will be giving a People’s History of Tech Workers Movements. Its at 7pm in the Roter Laden in Fredrichshain
  • Next Saturday its the annual Fiesta de Solidaridad in the Stadtpark Lichtenberg with live music from Cuba and elsewhere. We’ll have a presence on the Izquierda Unida stall. If you’d like to help out on the stall, please contact us.
  • And mark your diaries for 4 September when we’re planning a meeting in German on the 10th anniversary of the Kundus massacre. Its in Karl Liebknecht Haus and Christine Buchhoz MP will be speaking. More information to come soon.

If you have any events that you’d like us to tell people about, send a mail to lag.internationals@die-linke-berlin.de.

 

And now here’s a nice bulleted list of more events that are coming up in Berlin:

  • Monday, 22 July, 7pm: People’s History of Tech Workers Movements. Roter Laden, Weidenweg 17

  • Wednesay 24 July, 7.30pm: Coalition Against Trump Stammtisch James June, Karl Marx Allee 93

  • Saturday, 27 July Fiesta de Solidaridad Stadtpark Lichtenberg.

  • Saturday 27 July CSD Berlin Demo starts at the corner of Kudamm and Joacimstalerstraße at 12.30.

  • Sunday 28 July Let’s talk about Abortion fundraiser FvF Friends Space – Glogauer Str. 2

  • Wednesday, 7 August 6pm, Israel as part of the Middle East with Dr Assaf David, ND Gebäude, Franz-Mehring Platz 1

  • Thursday, 8 August 6pm Free Labour Counseling Infoladen LUNTE, Weisestraße 53

  • Saturday 24 August: #unteilbar anti-racist demo in Dresden. Buses and a train are going from Berlin. If you’d like to travel together, please contact us.

  • Monday 26 August, 7pm: #unteilbar and the fight against racism. What is the role of Die LINKE? Roter Laden, Weidenweg 17

  • Monday 4 September, 7pm: Public meeting on the 10th anniversary of the Kundus massacre. With Christine Buchholz MP. Karl Liebknacht Haus

  • Saturday 21 September: Day of Action against “Pro-Life” bigots

  • Monday 23 September, 7pm: Reproductive rights and the coming Polish election Roter Laden, Weidenweg 17

  • Saturday 28 September Safe Abortion Day


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Newsletter 28 June 2019

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This week’s LINKE Berlin Internationals Newsletter is out a day early this week, cos we’re off on our holidays. Not sure when we’ll be back. Our next meeting is on Monday, 22 July, when a Wombats worker will be talking about their strike against precarity. Its at the Roter Laden, Weidenweg 17 at 7pm.

If you have any events that you’d like us to tell people about, send a mail to lag.internationals@die-linke-berlin.de. 

Now here’s a nice bulleted list of more events that are coming up in Berlin:

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Newsletter 22 June 2019

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Welcome to this week’s LINKE Berlin Internationals Newsletter. Its going out early today as we’ll be at the Fest der Linken. Our stall will be at Rosa Luxemburg Platz at least from 11am till 5pm.

Note that because of the uprising and repression in Sudan, we’ve changed the subject of next Monday’s meeting. Adam Bahar from SudanUprising will be talking about Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Sudan. Its at 7pm in the Roter Laden, Weidenweg 17 (U-Bahn Weberweise)

If you have any events that you’d like us to tell people about, send a mail to lag.internationals@die-linke-berlin.de.

 

And now here’s a nice bulleted list of more events that are coming up in Berlin:

 

Die LINKE Berlin Internationals

www.theleftberlin.wordpress.com

www.facebook.com/theleftberlin

Join our mailing list – send a message to lag.internationals@die-linke-berlin.de

Support the protests in Sudan – no imperialist intervention

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On Friday, the German government is holding a meeting in Berlin to discuss Sudan. This is a meeting of imperial powers – the Sudanese opposition is not welcome. For this reason, Sudan Uprising Germany is holding a 24 hour protest against the violence of the illegitimate Transnational Military Council (TMC), and calling for an end to Germany’s direct and indirect support for the Sudanese Dictatorship.

Read their press statement in English and German

The demonstration starts on Thursday at 4pm in front of the Foreign Ministry, Werderscher Markt 1 (facebook event here). If you would like to take part. but don’t want to be on your own, the LINKE Berlin Internationals will be meeting there at 6pm. Please come along when you can.

Because of the urgency of what is happening in Suday, we have changed the subject of our monthly meeting next Monday. It will now have the title Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Sudan: Why the West and Russia are enabling the dictatorship. More information will follow soon.

Please do what you can to support the protests. We will continue to document the ongoing situation on our Website

 

Coming up this week

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Hi everyone

There’s lots going on in the next week, so here’s a special extra Newsletter from the LINKE Berlin Internationals.

Minutes from our Summer Camp

You can read the first results of our Summer Camp in Hermsdorf here. Its still not fully complete, but you can get a general idea of what we were talking about and what we want to do.

Organising meeting on Wednesday

Speaking of which, our next organising meeting is on Wednesday, 19th June at 7pm in Café Plume, Warthestraße 60. The main discussion will be a review of the Summer Camp, so if you were there, or if you couldn’t make it but would have liked to be there, please come along.

Protest at the Sudan Conference in Berlin

One of my highlights of the Summer Camp was the discussion on solidarity with the protests in Sudan. Well, now we have the chance to do something concrete. On Friday the imperial powers will be meeting in Berlin to decide what they want to do about Sudan.

SudanUprising has called a rolling protest, which starts at 4pm on Thursday and carries on till 5pm on Friday. Its at the German foreign ministry, Werdescher Markt and there’s a facebook Event here. Please try to show your support.

Fest der Linken

On Saturday, 22nd June there’ll be the Fest der Linken at Rosa Luxemburg Platz, and as usual we’ll be having a stall. Come by to say “hello”, or even better, help us on a shift (fill in the dudle here).

Next meeting: System Change not Climate Change: how can we save the planet?

Our next proper meeting is next Monday, 24th June on “System Change not Climate Change: how can we save the planet?” Its at 7pm in the Roter Laden, Weidenweg 17 (U-Bahn Weberweise) and everyone is welcome.