Show Broadcast Sept. 14, 2020: “Should Berlin become a tech hub?”
When Google announced plans to open a campus in the Berlin neighbourhood of Kreuzberg, local opposition was so loud that it ground the tech giant’s plans to a halt. A similar wave of protests hit Friedrichshain earlier this year against Amazon’s plans to make a 140 meter-tall office building its headquarters.
In this episode, host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson is joined by Nina Monaghan, the vice-chairwoman of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg; Yonatan Miller, co-founder of the Berlin Tech Workers Coalition, and freelance journalist and activist John Malamatinas.
This show was produced by Dina Elsayed.
John Malamatinas – Freelance journalist and activist
Nina Monaghan – Vice-chairwoman of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Yonatan Miller – Co-founder of the Berlin Tech Workers Coalition
Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson – Host of Common Ground
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