Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Why did Berlin vote left? Die Linke came first in the 2026 Berlin election – so what happens now?

James Jackson talks to Martha Kleedörfer, Die Linke's newly elected direct-mandate MP for Wedding and vice-chair of Die Linke Berlin, just days after the vote.

In this episode:
🏠 Housing – expropriating the big landlords (Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen), Article 15 socialisation, a rent cap for Berlin's 400,000 state-owned flats, and building new public housing
🤝 Coalition talks – red lines with the SPD and Greens, and the Steffen Krach factor
🚔 Policing – knife-ban zones, racial profiling and the handling of Palestine protests in Berlin
🇵🇸 Gaza, Palestine and the antisemitism debate in German politics
🗣️ Campaigning in Arabic, Hebrew and Farsi – and the backlash that followed
📰 Springer, the media and the fight over Berlin's election narrative

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