{"id":8225,"date":"2026-06-21T16:40:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T13:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=8225"},"modified":"2026-06-21T16:40:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T13:40:30","slug":"leftists-march-against-right-wing-media-in-berlin-expulsion-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/leftists-march-against-right-wing-media-in-berlin-expulsion-demo\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftists march against &#8220;right-wing media&#8221; in Berlin expulsion demo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The demonstration, organized as a bicycle procession and backed by the far-left platform Indymedia, targeted the newsrooms of both outlets with chants of &#8220;Nazis raus&#8221; (&#8220;Nazis out&#8221;), according to <em>Junge Freiheit<\/em>. The protesters&#8217; stated objective was to force the departure of what they labeled &#8220;right-wing media&#8221; from the area.<\/p>\n<p>In a bold move, the editors-in-chief of both targeted publications joined the demonstration themselves. <strong>Max Mannhart<\/strong> of Apollo News and <strong>Julian Reichelt<\/strong> of Nius mingled with participants to observe the protest firsthand.<\/p>\n<p>Reichelt characterized the event as an attempt to suppress independent journalism through force. He described the action as an effort to drive free journalism out of Kreuzberg using violent tactics.<\/p>\n<p>The incident highlights growing tensions in Berlin between conservative media organizations and far-left activist groups who have long dominated the political landscape in districts like Kreuzberg. The neighborhood has historically been a stronghold of leftist politics and counterculture movements.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Apollo News nor Nius have indicated any intention to relocate their operations in response to the demonstration. The attempted intimidation campaign appears to reflect broader concerns among left-wing activists about the growing presence and influence of alternative media voices in traditionally progressive urban areas.<\/p>\n<p><em>Junge Freiheit<\/em> deployed a camera team to document the protest on location.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/jungefreiheit.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Junge Freiheit<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left-wing activists in Berlin staged a bicycle protest demanding conservative outlets Apollo News and Nius leave Kreuzberg, with both editors joining the demonstration to observe firsthand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":8224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[7793,525,25,3600,7791,7792,7794,3345],"nfg_topic":[134],"class_list":["post-8225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-apollo-news","tag-berlin","tag-germany","tag-julian-reichelt","tag-kreuzberg","tag-leftist-protest","tag-media-freedom","tag-nius","nfg_topic-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8228,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8225\/revisions\/8228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8225"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=8225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}