ICYMI: AOC would stomp him. She would stomp him!
"The Voice of Hind Rajab" director refused to accept an award at the Berlin Film Festival, where she said that festival organizers "gave political cover" to genocide by "denigrating those who protest."
https://www.haaretz.com/gaza/2026-02-18/ty-article/.premium/80-berlin-film-festival-artists-sign-open-letter-urging-organizers-to-take-stance-on-gaza/0000019c-7077-d8bc-adde-70ff64e10000
Ramadan Mubarak to all those observing this blessed month.
May this be a season of clarity and strength.
EXCLUSIVE: Javier Barden, Tilda Swinton and Adam McKay are among 81 names to sign an open latter condemning the Berlin Film Festival for its “silence” on Gaza and its “censoring” of artists who have spoken out.
“We call on the Berlinale to fulfill its moral duty and clearly state its opposition to Israel’s genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes against Palestinians, and completely end its involvement in shielding Israel from criticism and calls for accountability,” the letter concludes.
https://variety.com/2026/film/global/javier-bardem-tilda-swinton-letter-berlinale-gaza-silence-1236665382/
It was an honour to meet @AOC in the community place hayalhane in XBerg
and talk about anti-fascist economic policy and a class based campaign that always considers the diversity of the working class
Together for affordability & justice for everyone❤️✊🏽🤝
From Orbán to Trump, the rise of far-right movements is tightly coordinated and transcends borders.
So too should be our international defense of democracy and the fight for working people.
From policy to tactics, it’s time to take the gloves off and fight for our future.
Hey @AOC.
Welcome to Berlin!
🤌🏼❤️🔥
Former #Berlinale jury member Nour Ibrahim speaks out against Wim Wenders when adressing the audience at a Berlinale Generation event today: "Use your voices and be political!"
‘Nightborn’ director Hanna Bergholm answers why she’s wearing a watermelon pin at the film’s Berlin Film Festival press conference.
“I think we have a responsibility to speak up against injustice, because not speaking up is also a choice.”
Screenwriter Ilja Rautsi wearing the Palestinian flag including „Free Palestine“ at his #Berlinale press conference
trans kids are fleeing their home states, immigrants are being kidnapped from work, women dying waiting for miscarriages, good god you’ll be a millionaire either way just take a fucking stand
Wim Wenders nannte das Kino ein »Gegengewicht zur Politik« und wollte sich als Jurypräsident der Berlinale nicht zum Gazakrieg äußern. Deshalb hat die indische Autorin Arundhati Roy ihre Reise zum Festival abgesagt. https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/arundhati-roy-kommt-nicht-zur-berlinale-wegen-aussagen-von-wim-wenders-a-53297f6d-d51a-4fdc-a635-00211c1528dd?sara_ref=re-so-x-rss#ref=rss
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RT by @mehmedkoenig: Wim Wenders called the cinema a "compassion to politics" and did not want to comment on the Gaza War as a jury president of the Berlinale. Therefore, Indian author Arundhati Roy cancelled her journey to the festival. https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/arundhati-roy-Kom-nicht-zur-berlinale-wegen-aussagen-von-wim-wenders-a-53297f6d-d51a-4fdc-a635-00211c1528dddd?sara ref=re-so-x-rss#ref=rsss
Zum Beispiel eine Bürgermeisterin @ElifEralpBerlin 😌
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RT by @mehmedkoenig: For example, a Mayor @ElifEralpBerlin 😌
Die Beschwörung der Staatsräson verliert jeden moralischen Wert, wenn dabei Zehntausende Ermordete in Gaza ignoriert werden.
Eine weitere Zurschaustellung dessen, wie wenig Menschenrechte und Völkerrecht für CDU/CSU zählen.
🇬🇧 Translation
RT by @mehmedkoenig: The conspiracy of the State Force loses all moral value when tens of thousands of murders in Gaza are ignored.
Another presentation of how little human rights and international law count for CDU/CSU.
Du musst mehr arbeiten!
Wird es dir davon besser gehen? Nein.
Wird es deinen Kindern davon besser gehen? Auch nein.
Aber wird eine Handvoll Leute damit etwas schneller ihre nächste Milliarde verdienen? Ganz bestimmt ❤️
🇬🇧 Translation
RT by @mehmedkoenig: You need to work more!
Will you do better? No.
Will your children get better? No.
But will a handful of people earn their next billion a little faster? Definitely fifa️
Hi.
Ich bin Mehmed.
🇬🇧 Translation
Hi.
I am Mehmed.
Als Staatsminister sollte Wolfram Weimer gute Rahmenbedingungen für die Kultur schaffen. Stattdessen zerstört er ihre Gr
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As Minister of State, Wolfram Weimer was supposed to create good conditions for culture. Instead he destroys her size
Deniz Yücel im rbb zum geplanten „Verhaltenskodex“ für die Berlinale: »Was soll in diesem Knigge drinstehen? Ukrainische
🇬🇧 Translation
Deniz Yücel in the rbb on the planned “code of conduct” for the Berlinale: “What should this etiquette contain? Ukrainian
Der deutsche Kultusminister Wolfram Weimer verweigert drei Buchhandlungen den Deutschen Buchhandlungspreis. Weil diese
🇬🇧 Translation
The German Minister of Education Wolfram Weimer refuses to award the German Bookstore Prize to three bookstores. Because these
Do you notice how little the media and public are talking about Epstein files now? Mission accomplished.
🇩🇪 Übersetzung
Ist Ihnen aufgefallen, wie wenig Medien und Öffentlichkeit mittlerweile über die Epstein-Akten sprechen? Mission erfüllt.