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Thu, Feb 1, 2024, 16:15
- The five-minute explainer unpacks the situation involving CTM Festival, the Berlin Senate and artists like Jyoty and Kampire.
Watch Resident Advisor's new video on the recent storm of strikes, cancellations and clauses involving Berlin nightlife.
Narrated by local journalist Matt Unicomb, the five-minute explainer examines why showing support for the Palestinian cause can be particularly fraught in Berlin, and how this has impacted the city's world-famous club scene.
Why did local cultural centre Oyoun have its funding pulled? Why did the Berlin Senate introduce—and then retract—a clause requiring recipients of public funding to comply with a specific definition of antisemitism? And what's this all got to do with DJs like Jyoty and Kampire cancelling gigs at CTM Festival?
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