Left-Wing Militants Claim Berlin Power Plant Sabotage Attack

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Above: Volunteers of the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief near Mexikoplatz Square on Jan. 4, 2026. Image credit: Omer Messinger/Getty Images

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Pro-establishment narrative

Left-wing extremists deliberately attacked Berlin’s power infrastructure, leaving around 45,000 households without electricity and heat during freezing temperatures. The Vulkangruppe claimed responsibility, showing clear disregard for vulnerable residents, including elderly people and families, even as it claimed to target wealthy districts. The terrorist attack illustrates how radical activists prioritize ideological signaling over human safety and everyday necessities, underlining the state’s responsibility to defend critical infrastructure and protect the public from politically motivated harm.

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Government-critical narrative

Climate activists targeted Berlin’s fossil fuel infrastructure and energy-intensive AI datacenters to draw attention to the state’s role in sustaining a climate-damaging system. While attacks on critical infrastructure are to be condemned, the action highlighted the gap between a government that publicly claims climate leadership and policies that continue to protect ruling-class districts and energy-hungry tech corporations, driving rising consumption and surveillance. Even limited disruption was enough to expose how politically maintained and fragile these power dependencies have become.

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Metaculus Prediction

There is a 95% chance that renewable energy will contribute between 25% and 48% to global electricity production in 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.