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?

00:00 Intro
00:30 Background to Palestinian protest in Germany
01:24 IHRA definition use in Germany
02:14 Introduction of the anti-discrimination clause
02:40 Oyoun's funding withdrawal
03:35 Call to strike
04:16 Retraction of the clause

Production:
Producer: Sophie Misrahi
Writer: Matt Unicomb
Script Editor: Anu Shukla
Editors: Timothy George Kelly, Sophie Misrahi
Motion Graphics: Jerry Dobson
Special Thanks: Dr. Mathias Berek, Armin Langer, Jyoty, Melih Akya

Archive footage:
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