Tadzio Müller Criticizes Neukölln Left Party Over Berlin Coalition Dispute

Marxist political scientist and longtime climate activist Tadzio Müller has published an open letter to the Neukölln district branch of the Berlin Left Party (Linke), urging members to stop undermining efforts toward a left-led Berlin government. Müller, who has lived in Neukölln since 2011 and says he votes for the party at every election, argues the branch lacks a mandate from its voters, who he claims mostly want a government that confronts the issue at the center of the dispute. That dispute revolves around Vanessa Emde and her campaign against Germany's Staatsräson. Müller states he agrees with Emde on the substance but considers her course fatal. The Berlin Left's internal argument over a left government has been postponed, with no decision reached. The letter, published by der Freitag, is framed as a direct appeal to the Neukölln district association. Müller describes himself as a decades-long anti-capitalist climate activist now working to build a movement for what he calls solidaristic disaster prepping. The full text continues in the current print issue.